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Draconian Aussie Science Censorship Law Takes Effect Next Month (theconversation.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Conversation reports that beginning next month Australian scientists and engineers face 10 years imprisonment for communicating without a government permit on biotech, robotics or manufacturing. Geoffrey Roberston QC says the laws are "sloppily drafted" and threatens research with "no sensible connection to military technology". But the government is barreling ahead, despite warnings from Defence Report it will kill Australia's high-tech economy. The law is opposed by Civil Liberties Australia where scientists are petitioning against it.
From what I understood, the law is so poorly written that even "entirely new fields" would fall under it's umbrella and the scientists would still be boned.
~Syberz
They are a party for their own pockets but are "supposedly a party for farmers". They are currently led by an accountant who had a history of giving water rights to a multinational cotton company by taking it away from local food producers.
There are 24 million people in Australia. We take over 200,000 migrants (net) a year.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats...