Promoting And Protecting Digital Rights Since 1994
EFA is an independent non-profit association that relies on membership subscriptions and donations. If you’re concerned about digital rights in Australia, please join or donate today.
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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 of the destruction caused when digital policy fails. We now know the core of the program is illegal. This time last year, we…
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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 that affect us. Robodebt should never have been enacted, let alone remained active for as long as it did. Digital…
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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 North Queensland. He is a staff specialist at Cairns Hospital and Cairns Sexual Health and is the director of the…
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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) (Emergency Requirements— Public Health Contact Information) Determination 2020 applies to data that has been collected or generated by the app…
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EFA Talks with… Lucie Krahulcova
Join EFA Policy Chair Angus Murray on Wednesday 6 May 2020 at 1.30pm for the next EFA Talks with our guest Lucie Krahulcova talking about digital rights during a pandemic. Lucie is a Policy Analyst and professional activist for digital rights organisation Access Now. She’s currently based in Melbourne from where she supports the Asia Pacific team as well as working on national legislation — trying to fix Australia’s broken…
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EFA Talks with… Dr Suelette Dreyfus
Electronic Frontiers Australia welcomes Dr Suelette Dreyfus 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 22 April 2020 from 1.30pm – 2.00pm AEST. EFA Talks are free with a suggested donation of $10 to support the work that EFA does as a volunteer organisation protecting and promoting digital rights in Australia…
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What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.