Peter A Clarke

Today the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 comes into effect.

The press release from the Attorney General provides:

Human rights will be bought into sharper focus in the Parliament this year with all new laws to be checked to see if they stack up against human rights obligations.

“Our focus is on ensuring that key principles of freedom, respect, equality, dignity and a fair go for all Australians are considered in everything the Commonwealth Parliament does,” Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said.

“Ensuring that new laws have considered the protection and promotion of human rights is long overdue.

“Australia has Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook, its founder and its acolytes have had a tenuous understanding of privacy as a concept and no respect for it as a right.  That has put Facbook at odds with the US Federal Government.

In 12 Things You Should Know About Facebook Timeline there is a good description of what Timeline involves.

With Timeline Read the rest of this entry »