The attacks on Mr Assange are astonishing.
I could not think of any way to support Wikileaks, until I remembered that our credit card is also a debit card. I contacted Visa, told them how weak they were, and that I would never use their credit facilit…
Julian Assange has every right to operate in the long and proud tradition of American leakers and journalist/bloggers, who are honoured patriots of that country. And he has the right to expect his own Australian Government will support him, rather than…
COAG – the Council of Australian Governments – has become so arrogant that it refuses to allow the Law Council of Australia to view new Draft National Rules for the legal profession before COAG adopts them in secret session. And, CLA says, COAG agreemen…
The internet shines light on the world, but its dark side can unscrupulously ‘mine’ and sift every mouse click: which pages you visited, what you bought, who you talked with and what you said. Collated over time, this dark data is valuable to marketers a…
Behind claims of internet piracy, huge corporations are involved in big money battles, using laws, courts and international treaties to wage a fight to enforce their copyright. Here software engineer Arved von Brasch gives us the rundown on what it’s all…
How much is the internet altering the relationship between society and justice? The Chief Justices of Australia are grappling with this major dilemma as they strive to formulate a national basis for the reporting, recording and archiving of court decisio…