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By: Senate Interception (Network Security) Amendments submission | EFA

Senate Interception (Network Security) Amendments submission | EFA — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:54:17 +0000

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By: Robert H Mercer

Robert H Mercer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:42:33 +0000

Rastko’s comment is of interest since all Socialist governments, including that bunch of Union dropouts led by Rudd the Dud, are totalitarian and generally have little or no idea about anything…..not just the internet. Socialist dogma depends upon one thing – coercion and Rudd’s stupid policies follow that ideology completely. Democracy is a farce anyway but moreso under a group of Socialist idiots such as is attempting to subvert Australia today. Add to that the total corruption of State and Federal politicians and we have a true picture of just where this country is headed.
BTW Rudd cannot be mistaken for a Chinese. He is not tall enough – having to look upward to be face-to-face with one and his intelligence is as limited as his stature. Add to that his not speaking nor understanding English so I am sure he cannot possibly understand Chinese!

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:05:11 +0000

Add this nonsense to the Vic Police & State government’s nifty new full time license plate scanning initiative and we have both Federal and State levels clearly illustrating that this is government ‘Of the government, By the government, For the government’

Quite totalitarian really ….. and all done under the same BS flag of ’security’. From *what* ? China eat your heart out …. (maybe that’s why Rudd is so linguistically sino-savvy …. he’s a plant !

- Dean

By: Rastko

Rastko — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:47:23 +0000

IT just shows that Rudd government is totalitarian, showing every sign of despotism….
Slowly but surely grows to be like Chinese or Iranian controlling government… If this goes trough democracy in this country is dead not that we have any

By: Jonno

Jonno — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:00:18 +0000

Filtering is not the right solution – education would potentially be more effective.

Just drop the whole idea. Aust Govt can say they gave it good consideration but will not proceed.

The sceptic in me is concerned the government will be more concerned with losing face that any technical outcome. But that’s just my opinion.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:52:49 +0000

There are some interesting parallels between the situation in the UK where the government is more concerned with security issues than copyright infringers.

Consultation closed in July on upcoming legislation (Interception Modernisation Programme) which proposes, amongst other things, interception and storing of traffic by ISPs.

This has provoked a number of well considered responses from bodies such as:

* Information Commisioner’s Office. See http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2009/ico_statement_imp.pdf

* London Internet Exchange (LINX) which represents the majority of UK ISPs. See http://publicaffairs.linx.net/public/uk/RIPA/LINX%20response%20IMP%20Condoc%20July%202009%20FINAL.doc

* London School of Economics Briefing on the Interception Modernisation Programme. See http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/research/policyEngagement/IMP_Briefing.pdf

Quite a bit here which should help inform debate on the forthcoming Australian legislation.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:38:32 +0000

Well done Nic – we have borrowed from your submission for our (late) one which will be up soon on the Australian Privacy Foundation Website at http://www.privacy.org.au There is no excuse for this radical change being so rushed – they have known about the ‘problem’ for years.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:09:55 +0000

Yet another frontal assault on the internet from the Rudd government. This is really starting to become an international embarrassment. Never before have I so deeply regretted voting for a party.

By: Rastko

Rastko — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:56:34 +0000

It just show how much more Brudder 747 is leaning towards China model of state, spying on its own citizens.
Welcome to Australia where you have no rights.

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:04:36 +0000

Our government completely fails to understand how the internet works, I 100% agree with you MattR!

Oh well i’ll just run all my internet through a VPN which i’m about to get one lined up for me and a few mates. Hahahahha I’ll take a punt that conroy has no idea what a VPN is, until he hears they completely bypass all filtering.

I wish it was a little more like America here actually, as much as we all LOVE America here (sarcasm) I mean with their Constitution and how everyone takes it very seriously, I think it might be worth Australia adapting a new attitude.

”
* Amendment 1 – Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression
* Amendment 2 – Right to Bear Arms
* Amendment 3 – Quartering of Soldiers
* Amendment 4 – Search and Seizure
”

How come in Australia we seldom talk about our constitution?

I must also ask this question as well, Why can’t they spend money on something which will BENEFIT SOCIETY as a whole? i.e maybe focus on the NBN instead of how they want to filter our internet, monitor our internet, censor just about everything which can be censored.
You know I think we might just be turning into China, And that is very worrying.