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October 29, 2008
The Australian - Freedom of speech has become a critical issue TODAY’S World Press Freedom Day is about much more than journalists being able to do their jobs unimpeded. It is about the public’s right to know the truth about
Evan Whitton October 13, 2008 http://www.justinian.com.au/1229-article The Witchfinder-General We need a third verdict for people like Allan Kessing: guilty, but who cares …
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/letters/general/let-customs-whistleblower-walk-away-a-free-man/1325862.aspx CanberraTimes Oct6th 2008 1:00:00 AM Let Customs whistleblower walk away a free man Every Australian citizen should be concerned for the outcome of the court appeal by Customs whistleblower Allan Kessing (''Customs case back in Court'', October 3, p9).
Politique Internationale - La Revue n°118 - HIVER - 2008 Lors des élections législatives du 24 novembre 2007, après plus de onze ans de pouvoir conservateur, l'Australie a donné la victoire aux Travaillistes et à leur dirigeant Kevin Rudd, qui
October 26, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24321246-17044,00.html The AUSTRALIAN Chris Merritt | September 10, 2008 WHEN Allan Kessing endorsed the latest plan to protect public service whistleblowers, he was almost uninterested. Even if the federal Government gives immediate legislative form to the scheme that was unveiled
REED Democracy Disconnect Democracy in Disconnect: Joining the Dots. If we are to protect the freedoms we have in Australia it is essential that we learn from our mistakes. But to do so, we need first to acknowledge that they’ve
Recommended Reading, Franz KAFKA's The Trial (Der Prozess) or at least the FIRST LINE. In 2002 and 2003 an officer with the covert Air Border Security Unit of the Customs Department, wrote two reports identifying serious breaches of security at
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24438793-17044,00.html 'Kessing evidence based on hearsay' Lex Hall | October 03, 2008 A CUSTOMS whistleblower who leaked information that prompted the biggest overhaul of airport security in Australia's history was convicted on the strength of hearsay evidence, his lawyer has
Airports left with very thin blue line Natalie O'Brien and Peter Wilson | May 02, 2008 ALMOST a quarter of the extra police promised to tighten security at Australia's major airports are still not in place, three years after a
ALP Proclamation of SUPPORT. 26th October 2007 KRUDD & JLUDWIG A Freedom of Information Commissioner will replace the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in the FOI review process. Federal Labor will preserve the role of Privacy Commissioner and also complete the existing
XENOPHON maiden http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/first_speech/sfs-8IV.htm Nick Xenophon, Senator South Australia First Speech 27/08/2008 Mr President, before I begin, let me offer you my sincere congratulations on your election to the office of President of the Senate. I look forward to your independent,
BRISBANE Times Oct12th 2008 Richard ACKLAND. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/10/11/1191696078363.html No mercy should be shown to bureaucratic leakers. For a government that likes everyone to stay "on message", leakers are the naughtiest of the naughty. They distract from the pure stream of truth
Australian Press Council Submission to to the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into Whistleblower Protection within the Public Sector. 12 August 2008 Executive Summary The Australian Press Council calls upon the Commonwealth government
October 15, 2008
Darkness never fully retreats in the valleys of the high Hindoo Kush. Valleys so narrow, so steeply sided that the sky is a narrow slit in the rock walls. Even in the burning, thin air of arid summer Night barely