Australian Censorship
- Hate speech (HREOC)
- Defamation
- publications/films/games (OFLC)
- Federal Net censorship (ACMA)
- Censorware
- Labelling (RSACi/ICRA)
- Intellectual Property (separate page)
- State censorship issues
- Expert advice (ASIC, WHO, etc.)
- Education: unis, schools, libraries
- Music (ARIA etc.)
- Humour
- Controversial Material
- A speech to a Press Council seminar
- Speech on Internet regulation
- my speech to December 13th rally
- Smear tactics in 1996 and 1999
- A ramble on Internet hotlines
Book Reviews
Sense and Censorship (Australian history)
Slapping on the Writs (defamation)
Digital Copyright (Litman)
Secrets and Lies (Schneier)
Torn Shapes of Desire (erotica)
Word Crimes (blasphemy in C19 Britain)
Giving Offense (essays by Coetzee)
More book reviews: civil liberties, the Internet.
News and Links
"The Pirate Party was right on every detail" - the US has been dictating Swedish info-policy - FalkVinge
the new anti-porn movement - Meanjin
eventually any depiction of a child will be illegal - SMH
the Cambridge Union debates the merits of pornography - CUS
one of Australia's best anti-censorship campaigners is back in action - SomebodyThinkOfTheChildren
in Australia, "X-Rated adult pornography is a non-core police activity" - Yahoo
(For more links, see my blog Pathologically Polymathic.)
Join in the Debate
Censorship in Australia is discussed on the stop-censorship mailing list.Other Sites
Along with the Electronic Frontiers Australia site, the best source for information on Internet censorship in Australia is Irene Graham's Liberty or Tyranny site; her The State of Censorship covers Australian censorship more generally.For coverage of the current events in censorship and moral outrage, a good source is Somebody Think of the Children. Refused Classification tracks bans on films and games.
Rod Williams has useful information on Australian film censorship. For privacy, the Australian Privacy Foundation does good work.
Many items censored in Australia are available at Amazon.
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