ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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EFA Talks with Stilgherrian
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Stilgherrian as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Stil and Angus will discuss the recently released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020. Stilgherrian an Australian journalist who’s been covering internet policy for more than a decade, and has been closely following Australia’s…
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EFA talks with…Vanessa Teague
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Vanessa Teague as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Vanessa and Angus will discuss the prospects and perils of e-voting systems. Register now for this free event. Vanessa Teague is the CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and and…
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EFA talks with… Lyndsey Jackson, EFA Chair
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Lyndsey Jackson as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Register now for tickets to this Zoom Chat to be held on Thursday 11 June 2020 from 1.30-2.00pm AEST. The government debacle known as “Robodebt” has become Australia’s own example…
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EFA Calls For Full And Transparent Review of Unlawful Robodebt Program
Australia, 31 May 2020 – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) applauds the tireless community action that has seen the Australian government finally concede the true nature of the Robodebt program and to refund money taken unlawfully from welfare recipients. “Robodebt demonstrates the importance of civil society involvement in scrutinising government programs…
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EFA talks with.. Dr Trent Yarwood
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Dr Trent Yarwood as guest speaker to EFA Talks… an online lecture series—hosted by Angus Murray, chair of EFA’s policy committee. Register now for tickets to this Zoom Chat to be held on Wednesday 20 May 2020 from 12.00-12.30pm AEST. Dr Trent Yarwood is an infectious diseases physician, based in Far…
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COVID Safe App and the Law
At one minute to midnight on Anzac Day, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt exercised his powers under the Biosecurity Act 2015 to enact delegated legislation providing for regulation of the data collected, stored and used by the COVID Safe App. The Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential)…