George Brandis still struggling with metadata
While it is perhaps unsurprising, the Attorney-General’s latest attempt to use the Sydney siege and recent events in France as justifications for the government’s mandatory data retention laws is as distasteful as it is misleading. It’s difficult to know whether he is being deliberately disingenuous or whether his understanding of the detail of what he […]
No fair, no share: Australia sells out…again
EFA considers the leaked Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to represent looming disaster for Australian citizens. Not only are the secret negotiations deplorable, as is Australia’s almost total agreement with the US positions, but if passed, its provisions will severely restrict choice, increase prices, and reduce freedom of expression. EFA agrees with many […]
A rising tide lifts all criminals
The Australian reported today on alarm by Federal police at the opportunities the NBN will provide to cyber-crooks. “The inherent risk of the NBN is that it could facilitate the continual growth and sophistication of online criminal syndicates’ ability to commit cyber offences against online systems due to the attractiveness of the increased speed,” they […]
Reasons from the left to oppose the Internet filter
This guest post is written by Mark Bahnisch from Lavartus Prodeo for our series of blog posts on the importance of online civil liberties as part of EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign … There are a range of good arguments against the Rudd government’s internet filter, some emphasised for persuasive or tactical reasons, some reflective of […]
Board Report: 1997 Annual General Meeting
1996/97 Board Report Online liberties and access to the Internet have been under threat this year and EFA has been active in a number of campaigns. With the change to the EFA Charter at the Special General Meeting in June the Board has a mandate to promote new online rights in Australia and elsewhere. Internet […]