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Australian parliament fights spyware outbreak
News Peter Ward, group assistant secretary for Parliamentary Services, denies claims that spyware is in any way rampant in the Australian Parliament House, and says it is not burdening the system in anyway.
[July 12, 2004, 9:35]
Bugbear hits Australian parliament
News The Australian Parliament runs a centralised computer network covering a range of departments and ministerial offices -- providing the virus with a wide range of entry points. The Bugbear virus is causing havoc for the second time in a month at...
[October 23, 2002, 9:12]
Australia censors the Net
News After months of controversy, the Broadcasting (Online Services) Amendment Act has passed through Australian parliament and is on its way into the Australian statute books. Although the law has passed through parliament, exact details of the...
[July 2, 1999, 9:16]
US group takes open source fight abroad
News The ISC has vigorously lobbied against similar legislation introduced to the South Australian parliament. Democrat legislative council member Ian Gilfillan entered the State Supply (Procurement of Software) Amendment Bill 2003 into the upper house...
[July 16, 2003, 9:49]
Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News The interim report was fairly damning, but the full report will introduce additional controversial elements to the parliament," he said. If the bill does get passed by the House of Commons, Privacy International plans a hard-hitting campaign to...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Aussie agencies accused of locking out open source
News Greig's move to promote open-source software parallels efforts by state-level Democrat senator Ian Gilfillen, who introduced a similar Bill to the South Australian parliament in June. The private members' bill that Greig foreshadowed in July and...
[September 19, 2003, 9:30]
Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation
News According to Britton, the need for a review is made all the more urgent by Federal Parliament's upcoming deliberation of the US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which may see Australia adopt what he described as a "draconian US line on copyright".
[June 21, 2004, 10:00]
Telco sues Australian minister over WiMax scheme
News The joint venture has yet to announce the frequency that will be used by the network, prompting questions in the Australian parliament over possible interference from other wireless devices. The telco announced that it has begun proceedings in the...
[August 6, 2007, 16:09]
Australians step closer to routine surveillance
News The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) now has the power to routinely access and alter data on private computer systems after a bill was passed by the Australian parliament Friday. This is the first major change to the 1979 ASIO...
[November 30, 1999, 14:57]
Mandatory open source 'too risky' for Australia
News Christopher Pearce, the Liberal member of parliament for Aston, made the remarks to the AUUG (Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group) conference in Melbourne last week on behalf of the federal minister for information technology...
[September 6, 2004, 11:20]
Pirate Party makes waves in Australia
News The Pirate Party in Sweden, called Piratpartiet, secured one of 18 Swedish seats in the EU Parliament, according to the party's website. The party is gathering followers with the hope of achieving the 500 exclusive members needed to achieve...
[September 29, 2009, 8:37]
A Year Ago: Love bug comes in 13 variants
News The 'Love Bug', the most virulent computer virus ever created, penetrated millions of computers last week, including those of the Pentagon, the CIA and the British parliament. Earlier claims that an 18 year-old German exchange student living in...
[May 8, 2001, 6:09]
'Love Bug' comes in 13 variants
News The 'Love Bug', the most virulent computer virus ever created, penetrated millions of computers last week, including those of the Pentagon, the CIA and the British parliament. Earlier claims that an 18 year-old German exchange student living in...
[May 8, 2000, 10:19]
Aussie agencies forced to consider open source
News The Australian Capital Territory has passed laws encouraging the use of open source by government departments, while federal parliament meanwhile considers the merits of passing similar laws nationally.
[December 11, 2003, 8:35]
Aussie Internet ID plan draws scorn
News We advise that such a requirement has not been enacted in France, nor was such a requirement introduced into the French Parliament in 1999/2000 [nor has it been since then]," it said. The group also moved to debunk claims made by an ex-NCA agent...
[August 7, 2003, 13:05]
Judge: Computer code is more potent than the law
News We are moving to a point in the world where more and more law will be expressed in its effective way, not in terms of statutes solidly enacted by the parliament… but in the technology itself — code," said Kirby.
[February 22, 2008, 9:17]
Open-source fight staged on 'wrong battleground'
News In Australia, Democrat senators have introduced legislation to promote use of open source in government before both the South Australian and Commonwealth parliament. Proponents of open-source and proprietary software are exchanging blows "on the...
[November 13, 2003, 8:35]
Political apathy maintained online
News Technology has so far failed to bring citizens any closer to Parliament or politicians as interest in politics in Britain remains flat. The study, released on 23 February 2005, was led by Dr Stephen Ward of the Oxford Internet Institute, supported...
[February 25, 2005, 9:40]
Internet Hero and Villain nominees announced
Blog The ISP Association has announced the finalists for its annual 'Internet Heroes and Villains' awards, with the European Parliament up for both awards. Villain nominees include: business minister Shriti Vadera, for "excluding a number of ISPs and...
[June 19, 2009, 16:37]
A Year Ago: Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News Although the government has committed itself to getting the e-commerce bill read in the current session of Parliament, there is still no firm timetable for legislation and the bill has delayed many times over the last 12 months.
[March 8, 2000, 6:02]
