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	<title>EFA</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>EFA decries money wasted on Internet Filtering</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/05/15/efa-decries-money-wasted-on-internet-filtering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today expressed its disappointment at the Federal Government&#8217;s decision to fund its mandatory &#8220;clean-feed&#8221; Internet in the 2008-09 federal budget.
&#8220;At a time when the Government is cutting services to fight inflation, it&#8217;s bewildering that they would decide to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on a filter before feasibility trials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EFA opposes eBay-PayPal exclusive dealing</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/05/06/efa-opposes-ebay-paypal-exclusive-dealing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/05/06/efa-opposes-ebay-paypal-exclusive-dealing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Clapperton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.efa.org.au/2008/05/06/efa-opposes-ebay-paypal-exclusive-dealing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EFA today lodged a submission with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), opposing a recently announced plan by online auction site eBay to require all Australian buyers and sellers to use PayPal for eBay purchases in most circumstances.
Many eBay buyers and sellers have very valid reasons for preferring not to use PayPal.  Their choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed new workplace surveillance laws</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/04/15/proposed-new-workplace-surveillance-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/04/15/proposed-new-workplace-surveillance-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Clapperton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interception]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A substantial amount of media and public attention on the issue of workplace surveillance has been created by an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday 14 April 2008.  That article quoted the Commonwealth Attorney-General Mr Robert McClelland as saying that Labor intended to give extra powers to intercept telecommunications to private-sector companies dealing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed R18+ category for computer and video games</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/04/proposed-r18-category-for-computer-and-video-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/04/proposed-r18-category-for-computer-and-video-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/04/proposed-r18-category-for-computer-and-video-games/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EFA supports the recently announced move for creation of an R18+ rating category for computer and video games. Currently, only video games which the government deems suitable for a 15-year-old can be sold in Australia, resulting in a censorship regime that is out of line with community standards and expectations.
The issue is to be discussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media release - EFA argues for private copying rights</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/03/media-release-efa-argues-for-private-copying-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/03/media-release-efa-argues-for-private-copying-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media Releases]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.efa.org.au/2008/03/03/media-release-efa-argues-for-private-copying-rights/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has lodged a submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General&#8217;s Department (AGD), arguing that Australian consumers be given the right to make digital copies of their films, photographs, and computer and video games for their private use.
The submission is in response to the AGD&#8217;s review of sections 47J and 110AA of the Copyright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Release - EFA Attacks Clean-Feed Proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/01/02/media-release-efa-attacks-clean-feed-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/01/02/media-release-efa-attacks-clean-feed-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media Releases]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.efa.org.au/main/2008/01/02/media-release-efa-attacks-clean-feed-proposal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today attacked a government plan, championed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, that would mandate &#8220;clean feed&#8221; filtered Internet connections to all homes and schools. This scheme, which will supposedly censor the Internet of pornography and other &#8220;inappropriate material&#8221;, goes further than the Coalition&#8217;s previous policies, by requiring individuals to opt-out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALP Mandatory ISP Filter Proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/01/02/alp-mandatory-isp-filter-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2008/01/02/alp-mandatory-isp-filter-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.efa.org.au/main/2008/01/10/alp-mandatory-isp-filter-proposal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ALP government&#8217;s pre-election policy requiring all Internet Service Providers (&#8221;ISPs&#8221;) to implement a mandatory Internet filtering/blocking system has been reaffirmed by the Minister for Communications, Senator Conroy. This policy was first announced in March 2006 by Kim Beazley (then Leader of the Federal Opposition). EFA today attacked the government plan as onerous, ineffective, technically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EFA Annual Report</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/11/15/efa-annual-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/11/15/efa-annual-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The EFA Board has released its Annual Report to members for 2006/07.
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		<title>Media Release - EFA welcomes racial vilification verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/10/02/efa-welcomes-racial-vilification-verdict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/10/02/efa-welcomes-racial-vilification-verdict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media Releases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today welcomed a court decision that the operator of an Australian Internet forum site was not liable for comments containing racial discrimination which were posted in the forum by a third party.
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		<title>Media Release - EFA Slams Police Censorship Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/09/20/efa-slams-police-censorship-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.efa.org.au/2007/09/20/efa-slams-police-censorship-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today slammed a Bill introduced into the Senate which would give members of the Australian Federal Police powers to ban access to Internet content.
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