Supporting Copyright Reform
Press Release – Creative Commons Today Creative Commons released a policy statement expressing its support for copyright reform efforts around the world.
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Legal Issues
Gordon Campbell on the media’s duty to evaluate the TPP
Column – Gordon Campbell One downside of so called objectivity is that it can turn the media into a simple megaphone for those in power – especially in situations where the media chooses to effectively abandon its role in evaluating the information it is being fed. The …
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TPP: Anti-gas mining groups say no to investors suing govts
Press Release – AFTINET More than 70 organisations including 54 regional groups ranging from Mirboo in Victoria, to the Cassowary Coast in North Queensland, to Walgett in NSW, in traditional areas of Coalition support, have endorsed a letter to Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
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Werewolf Edition 43 Out Now! – Trans Pacific Turkey
Article – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 43rd edition of Werewolf, and an issue in which we once again – just like we did last summer – take an in-depth look at the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks .
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Q+A: Jessica Mutch interviews Metiria Turei
Press Release – Television New Zealand The Greens co-leader Metiria Turei has told TV Ones Q+A programme that consumers are not being given full information on food labels as to whether or not the product has been made using genetically modified organisms.
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TPP: Abbott may cave on foreign investor rights to sue govts
Press Release – AFTINET Secret talks on the deadlocked investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) between the US, Australia and 10 other countries are being held this week in Washington, completely hidden away from civil society and the media, …
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TPPA : Will you make the TPPA process transparent?
Opinion – Labour Leadership Election 2013 Question : What are your views on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement? Will you make the TPPA process transparent?
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Objection Letter on the GCSB Bill to the Governor-General
Opinion – Steve Edwards The Governor-General of New Zealand has reserve powers that can be exercised to decline accent to legislation, dismiss a prime minister and force a dissolution of Parliament and call new elections. This letter requests the Governor-General to investigate …
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Come Clean on TPPA Prime Minister Says NZ First
Press Release – New Zealand First Party Rt Hon Winston Peters has challenged the Prime Minister to publicly explain the concessions New Zealand is secretly making at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations.
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Werewolf Edition #41 : The John Key “Nanny State” Issue
Column – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 41st edition of Werewolf, in which were kicking back against the real Nanny State . Here at the Wolf were dead against the kind of Big Government that passes laws that (a) condone mass surveillance (b) penalise legitimate protest …
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Gordon Campbell on the TPP’s risk to national sovereignty
Column – Gordon Campbell Remember the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, and those scary stories last year about how it would give foreign multinationals the right to sue the countries who sign up to it, if said corporates happen to feel disadvantaged by any laws or regulations …
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Gordon Campbell: Dotcom’s contribution to our security laws
Column – Gordon Campbell While Kim Dotcoms appearance was the highlight of yesterdays hearings by the Intelligence and Security Committee, his commentary on the GCSB Bill was in sync with the flaws in the draft Bill identified earlier in the afternoon by other submitters, …
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