Privacy and Data Protection: Developments in Australia With the Acxiom/Packer joint venture in data-warehousing serving as a powerful catalyst for raising public awareness about privacy, the Coalition Government was finally forced to act. On November 30, the Attorney General stated ‘Reports of a data warehouse of personal and financial information being developed by Acxiom highlight [...]
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EU Delegation Trip
(please excuse the large post – I am yet to break this report up into chapter-based pages for ease of access.) Brussels – Strasbourg – Luxembourg European Community Visitors Program Report 15 – 28 January 2000 Senator Kate Lundy Contents Opening Remarks General Observations e-Europe – An initiative for an Information Society for All Growth initiatives [...]
Parliament goes live on the Internet
In a groundbreaking move, the Australian Parliament was broadcast live on the Internet for the first time yesterday. Proceedings from the House of Representatives, the Senate and Main Committees of the House of Representatives will be available live via Internet broadcasts. Previously only text information about the Parliament and Hansard transcripts was available on the [...]
Identity & Democracy
Cyberdemocracy and Australian IT (Identity and democracy in the knowledge nation) Senator Kate Lundy Opening Address COMDEX 99 Conference Darling Harbour, Sydney. Australia 17 November 1999 Introduction Cultural identity in a globalised world The knowledge economy Connectivity and social justice Bandwidth and innovation Learning from others Strengthening our entrepreneurial landscape Electronic Commerce and digital intangibles [...]
