Science minister Peter McGauran — another of Howard’s morons-in-residence — dismissed a plea by scientists that Australia spend money searching for potentially threatening asteroids that could only be spotted from the Southern Hemisphere, calling it a fruitless, unnecessary, self-indulgent exercise
Is NSW heading for a brave new world of Internet censorship where, by protecting some, we effectively block access to all?
Three key players in the children-overboard affair have been gagged by the Howard Government and will be prevented from appearing before a Senate inquiry
After receiving 35,000 phone calls following 11 September, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has pushed forward plans to implement an online project aimed at tracking Australians living overseas
Delegates to China’s parliament are reproaching Western Internet administrators for blocking e-mails from China in a growing fight over the cross-Pacific flow of junk e-mail. Academics among the 2,987 provincial deputies attending the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress also called for laws punishing the distribution of junk e-mail, or spam
UK Government plans to archive all internet traffic and e-mail has been singled out for a controversial award at this year’s Big Brother Award ceremony
The Federal Minister for Communications and Information Technology, troglodyte Richard Alston, used his key note address at the opening of ATUG’s 2002 conference to describe those concerned that Australia is falling behind in broadband take up as baying dogs
Since 11 September last year, up to 2000 people in the United States have been detained without trial, or charge, or even legal rights. The fate of most is unknown. And while the retarded monkey boy is pimping an axis of evil, the international view believes that the United States is a part of it
John Howard has officially opened the World Congress on IT, using the address to foreshadow a major announcement regarding Australia’s broadband infrastructure — a move which has been met with criticism and claims of copycat politics
Sydney’s rail system is perilously close to strangulation because of soaring passenger numbers and recurring track and train faults, confidential reports warn. The findings, kept secret for more than a year, say operational paralysis
can be avoided only by adding new lines and up to 80 stations, buying 770 carriages worth $2.2 billion and spending at least $20 billion in the next decade on urgent maintenance
Once again South Carolina’s state government has proven that it can’t be trusted with the personal information it demands from its citizens. Last week South Carolinians learned that — without their knowledge or permission — the state had created a DNA library on their children
The Pentagon is embroiled in an internal debate over the propaganda component of the war on terror
NSW Premier Bob Carr today ruled out plans to set up a series of cannabis cafes around the state, citing growing evidence of its negative health effects
Scientists fear they could soon have to ask official permission to publish research papers as the UK Government drafts laws that give it the power to vet their work
The Howard Government’s credibility on the children-overboard affair suffered a further blow last night when it was forced to admit receiving photographs during the election campaign which contradicted its version of events
A row has broken out in the United States after Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on the music television network MTV and urged sexually active young people to use condoms to protect themselves against disease. Conservative politicians and right-wing religious groups — the moral moronity — were among those who criticised Mr Powell, describing his remarks as irresponsible
The prime minister has been asked to explain claims Australian citizens were spied on when private phone calls were intercepted by intelligence agencies and passed on to the government
The Federal Privacy Commissioner’s office has begun investigations into complaints about non-compliance with Australia’s new privacy legislation
The Government took a significant step yesterday towards introducing Britain’s first compulsory identity card scheme since the Second World War, invoking a furious response from civil libertarians and anti-racist groups
A group of young unemployed people known as the Dole Army are claiming to have lured two commercial television stations into running stories about fictional drain dwellers to boost awareness of unemployment issues
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