Posts tagged “australia”
Australia Takes A Step Towards Totalitarianism
Australia is one step closer to a totalitarian society with the announcement from the Government that their filtering test on the Internet was successful. While I do think there are many websites around that nobody should visit, it’s not appropriate to start controlling where people are able to surf. That’s similar to stating who’s allowed [...]
Murdoch Gives Terrorists The Finger And A Whole Lotta Other Good Stuff
David Speers of SkyNews Australia interviewed Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman and CEO of News Corp. about a ton of different things. They also touched on the issues of Australian immigration laws and while Murdoch defended the more multicultural and liberal immigration approach, but disapproved of extremists and while doing so, this 78-year old business tycoon [...]
Good on ya Mr. Rudd!
Kevin Rudd, the new PM of Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol just a moment ago in Bali, Indonesia. This is a major change in a fight against climate change with regards to Australia. I’m not sure Kyoto is the right agreement to stop climate change, but it sure is a big step to slow [...]
Permission to link to Aussie Gov’t
Linux Overdose blogs how he got permission to link to the Aussie Gov’t pages @ australia.gov.au (I won’t create the link since I haven’t asked permission – pun intended). This is like asking people to ask you permission before they mention your name…
Sampo Bank recording conversations illegally
Helsingin Sanomat reports today that one of the big three banks in Finland, Sampo, is recording conversations between the staff and the customer without the customer knowing it. This is very disturbing in my opinion. Why? Because you build trust in banks as an institution that is loyal to its customers and respects them – [...]