EFA Demands Action on Persistent Unlawful Surveillance
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has, once again, found Australian law enforcement agencies continue to unlawfully surveil Australians. When will they be forced to stop?
EFA’s 2017 Wish List
As the new year approaches, it’s again time to set out our Wish List and priorities for the year ahead. This list repeats many of the same topics as last year as there has been little movement on many of these issues, partly due to the election interrupting the legislative programme, but also, we’d suggest, […]
Census 2016: what you need to know
We are not the ABS, and we can’t help you obtain a paper form or login details for the census. We know that a lot of people have been having trouble getting through to the ABS and/or haven’t received a form or their login details. According to the ABC, “[p]aper forms need to be […]
Clipper Chip Redux
I read the news headlines and sometimes it is hard to tell what decade we are in. Just over 20 years ago, the National Security Agency developed and tried to make standard an encryption device with a built-in backdoor called the Clipper Chip. At that point it was intended for voice communications but inevitably would […]
EFA launches Digital Rights 2016 campaign
EFA today announces the launch of the Digital Rights 2016 campaign. This generic and non-partisan campaign is intended to raise awareness of the importance of digital rights throughout the Australian community in the lead-up to the 2016 Federal election and beyond. The primary issues that will be addressed as part of the campaign are: Privacy […]
