New intelligence powers: what’s included
By Thomas Karpiniec, Chair of EFA’s Policy & Research Standing Committee. Last week, Attorney-General George Brandis introduced an omnibus bill to the Senate that seeks to update the legislation governing the operations of Australia’s intelligence services. Three weeks ago, we reviewed the proposals that were expected to be included in this tranche of legislation. The […]
EFA Speak Out #4: Narelle Clark
EFA is very proud to present our next EFA Speak Out, featuring Narelle Clark. Narelle is a long-standing Life Member of EFA and is currently the President of the Internet Society of Australia and sits on the Internet Society’s global Board of Trustees. Narelle has over 20 years’ experience in network engineering and management positions […]
Speak Out 3 Video: EFF’s Danny O’Brien
As part of TheDayWeFightBack EFA hosted our third Speak Out featuring Danny O’Brien, International Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Danny is a veteran of over two decades fighting for digital rights and provides fascinating insights into previous and current campaigns against mass surveillance and other threats to digital rights around the world. EFA Speak […]
The Day The World Fought Back
In the last year, the world has learned that mass surveillance by governments knows no bounds. Today, 11th February, internet users around the world are standing together. Individuals, civil society organisations, and thousands of websites will let the world’s governments know that we reject global mass surveillance at home and overseas. Today, we fight back. […]
The Day We Fight Back
11th February Websites around the world will blacken or display a banner on Tuesday 11th (and Wednesday 12th) February as part of a global day of action against mass surveillance. We in Australia are joining in this global effort to pressure our lawmakers to end mass surveillance — of Australians and of the citizens of […]