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Please - not “Australia’s stance”, the “Australian Government’s stance”. Hopefully in less than six months the party in Government will be different, and thing
by stephen_g 5y ago
Please - not “Australia’s stance”, the “Australian Government’s stance”.
Hopefully in less than six months the party in Government will be different, and things will be at least slightly better.
- Rexxar 5y agoIf they want again non-nuclear submarines in six months, I know people who would be happy to build some for them.
- tjpnz 5y agoNot an Australian but I've observed Aussie politicians of all shades making the same stupid arguments on encryption for more than a decade, perhaps closer to two. I don't think this can be solved by voting Labor in lest they be given some lessons on elementary mathematics and data security.
- bogantech 5y agoLabor has not opposed any of the f'ed up stuff so far so even if Albo wins it'll be more of the same.
- rainonmoon 5y agoOur only hope at this point is a hung parliament that can wedge the parties on progressive issues. I won't mention any particular parties to avoid inflaming the conversation, but I'd strongly advise all Australians look at the parties' track records and policies on surveillance, and particularly whether they're willing to consult with orgs like Digital Rights Watch in forming legislation.
- danuker 5y agoI particularly like The Juice Media from Australia to keep track of Oz politics. In spite of me living in Romania, I love their Honest Government Ads. Honest Government Ad | Hung Parliament - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzaiYrvvrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzaiYrvvrw
- stephen_g 5y agoThe pace of new legislation has been far, far higher and the powers granted much more broad under the LNP than it ever was under Labor. Under Labor as well, with most of the bad ideas that they came up with (like the internet filter, that has just recently basically been legislated by stealth as the eSafety act by the LNP) they were able to be persuaded to drop them. But I'm mostly hoping for a hung parliament to keep them in check (couple more Indies and maybe another Greens MP). Labor's gutlessness in not voting against the LNP's bad laws because they were scared of the media response has shown this is needed. But experience shows that even under a Labor majority we'd be seeing far less of the bad laws coming before Parliament.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoThis is likely really the US government's stance, reflected in the governance of one of the US's most dependent client states. A change in political leadership of Australia is unlikely to change its government's overall attitude to online government surveillance.
- mlindner 5y agoOh please. Australian government has been the worst offender for encryption for many years and it's got nothing to do with the U.S.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoIt's followed US policy for many years, and the only reason it's worse than the US is that the US has robust constitutional protections against unreasonable surveillance.
- antishatter 5y agoOh you think it’s a this party vs that party problem? It’s delightful to find such a lack of cynicism.