FC: Australian government alters FOIA to conceal Net-censorship

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Mackenzie, Kate" <mackenziek () theaustralian com au>
To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declan () well com>
Subject: Australian Govt changes FOI legislation to hide banned websites
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:42:40 +1000

Hi Declan,

The Australian Government has basically refused to allow Electronic
Frontiers Australia to find out which websites have been banned under the
federal web censorship laws introduced in 2000.

Government spokespeople generally insist that "they're all hardcore
pedophilia" etc, but the issue of which websites are banned has become more
interesting since the NSW Police Minister called for websites run by WTO
protestors to be shut down.

So in order to ward off continuing inquiries from the likes of EFA, the
Government is introducing changes to FOI laws.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5200940%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

cheers,
Kate

Kate Mackenzie
Online Editor
The Australian IT
http://australianIT.com.au
mackenziek () theaustralian com au




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