Board nominations due Saturday! 2018 was a year of change. In 2019 we need doers!
In October last year, when I nominated to join the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia, I didn’t know a lot about the organisation, but I learned quickly how important EFA is to digital rights in Australia, and as an ally to other civil society organisations. EFA started 24 years ago, it’s a significant legacy, and […]
The Proposed Home Affairs Assistance and Access Bill Affects the Australian Economy
The Australian Government doesn’t own the Internet, but increasingly it seems to want to. Many of our members own and work in Internet businesses, and they’ve been telling us, loudly and clearly, that they follow the laws of Australia, they don’t place themselves above the law, and they are not a safe haven for bad […]
September 12 – Pre-Crime film & digital rights night in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne
Tickets available now via links below! Book early to avoid disappointment or lack of pizza. 6:30 pm at ThoughtWorks. Join us for Pre-Crime, a film where science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting software, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing […]
Human Rights Push into Digital Technology
A new project by the Australian Human Rights Commission puts the relationship between human rights and technology into focus. Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes this directive. EFA’s charter is the protecting and building awareness of civil liberties and ongoing campaigning of digital rights as a human right. The opportunity that technology represents must be countered by […]
EFA elects first female leadership team
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the country’s leading digital rights organisation, is proud to announce that its Board has elected its first female leadership team. Lyndsey Jackson was elected unopposed as the new Chair of EFA at a Board meeting held on Sunday 15th October. Katherine Phelps was elected as the new vice-Chair. Lachlan Simpson was also […]