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Ruddock refuses to budge on sedition, but may allow researchers access to banned books
Federal Attorney-general Philip Ruddock has rejected the key recommendation of the Australian Law Reform Commission's report into the Government's 2005 Anti-terrorism Act--that the term ‘seditio...
ASA joins ‘book banning’ protests
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has joined the chorus of voices protesting plans by the Attorney-general, Philip Ruddock, to tighten the classification regime for books.In a letter sent to the...
Turkey prepares for greater scrutiny in 2008
Following the signature of an agreement between the Republic of Turkey and the Frankfurt Book Fair in Ankara late last month, Turkey was today formally presented as the Guest of Honour for the 20...
Protest at removal of books from university library
Several organisations representing authors and librarians have issued a joint statement protesting the forced removal of two books from the University of Melbourne's library. Join the Caravan (A...
Drop ‘sedition’, says Law Reform Commission
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has recommended that the Australian Government drop the term ‘sedition' from its anti-terror laws. Summarising the main outcome of a five-m...
Court challenge to banned Islamic books
The NSW Council of Civil Liberties has launched a legal challenge to the recent banning of two books by the Classification Review Board. The Council will shortly begin proceedings in the Fed...
APA objects to A-G's book censorship plans
Australian Publishers Association (APA) CEO Maree McCaskill has written to Attorney-general Philip Ruddock and to all state attorneys-general expressing ‘grave concern' about plans to tighten re...
ASA supports Law Reform Commission on sedition
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has backed the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) that sedition should be removed entirely from the statute books as a crime.The ASA...
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