Posts Tagged “Transparency”
Reclaim Democracy, Defeat ACTA
by Roderick on January 30, 2012
As Europe erupts in protest following protests in Poland at the opaque and undemocratic accession to ACTA, Australians have been asking, what can we do? Australia continues to be part of the so called ‘Coalition of the Willing’, aiming to (…)
Australia’s Last Chance to Defeat ACTA
by Roderick on January 27, 2012
This article has been published at the ABC. Today we saw thousands take to the streets in Poland in what has become an ongoing protest, the European Parliament’s rapporteur of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement resign in disgust at the ACTA charade, the exclusionary and (…)
Attorney-General’s Department Response
by Roderick on October 19, 2011
Letter from the Attorney-General dated 5 October, and received today, in response to my letter raising the lack of transparency and inclusion in their policy development process. Letter from the Attorney-General dated 5 October, and received today, in response (…)
ACTA: Still troubling…
by Roderick on November 29, 2010
Last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) held an information session in Sydney, upon the finalisation of negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). We attended, we asked a few questions, and received a few interesting responses. (…)
So Much For Transparency
by Roderick on September 2, 2010
Euractiv.com reports that the USTO officials responsible for negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are blocking the EU delegation from publishing the draft agreement online completed after the August round. I can only imagine, based on my experience with DFAT (…)
Wikileaks May Be Under Attack
by Roderick on June 15, 2010
Just received an email from Wikileaks, probably like countless others, which I’ll publish here – but if you have the ability to help, please do so.
