Australian Censorship
- my speech to December 13th rally
- 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
- Speech on Internet regulation
- A speech to a Press Council seminar
- 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
Zola's novels are more dangerous than video games - SMH
the BBC bowdlerizes Humpty Dumpty - ABC
Australian classification board wants to censor iPhone apps?! - ITnews
Australia Post won't sell Nabokov, Nin, or Foucault?! - Crikey
hundreds of other "mainstream shops" sell them without any problems
should Australia be emulating Dubai's Internet censorship? - Twitpic
religious groups in Victoria are allowed to discriminate - SMH
but only against gays, the unmarried, and single mothers
(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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(but opinions expressed on this site are mine and not EFA's)
(but opinions expressed on this site are mine and not EFA's)