No Internet Censorship for Australia- May 15, 2008 Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has launched nocleanfeed.comas part of thecampaignagainstLabors planedcompulsoryInternetcensorshipfor all Australian homes and schools. The censorship plans are shrouded in secrecybut will involve a massive federalgovernmentblacklist of website(both legal and illegal) that Internet Service Providers (eg Telstra, Optus and iiNet) would be forced to blockAustralian Internet users from accessing. The proposed system has been compared to the Great Firewall...http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/no-internet-censorship-australia Evans inflames an already hostile situation- May 8, 2008 The president of National Roads and Cyclists Association, Mr Alan Odds today called on the NRMA to stop inflaming the ongoing war between motorists and cyclists with their claim that cyclists do not belong on main roads in peak hour. Referring to the interview with NRMA president Alan Evans on ABC Radio's PM program this evening, Mr Odds said, It would appear that NRMA policy, as articulated by its president, Alan Evans, is that cyclists should not be on main roads in peak hour Sydney because..http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/evans-inflames-already-hostile-situation Forest activists take their protest to the headwaters of the Styx River, Tasmania- May 8, 2008 This morning, community activists halted the logging of old growth forests near the headwaters of the Styx River. Ten activists have peacefully occupied coupe TN47C, located 100 metres from the TWWHA boundary near the base of Mount Mueller to highlight the continued destruction of Tasmania's unique old growth forests. "Tasmania is in a state of environmental emergency. Every single day, our island's unique old growth forests are felled, bulldozed and trucked off to the woodchipper....http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/forest-activists-take-their-protest-headwaters-styx-r... |