On 6 Nov 2014, at 3:09 am, Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
I have no faith in any politician in AU at this time -- they are all branded with the same brush; although the lesser evil in my opinion right now is Labor but they are doing so badly that it doesn't give much hope for politics in AU. Never the less, I can't stand Abbot, Bishop (either of them), Pyne, Hockey, Turncoat or Brandis ... just to get started -- none of them.
At least we can, hopefully, expect to see a change of Victorian government very soon, pity it won't happen federally for an eternity (a year with the current mob is already too long and seems like an eternity).
A.
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I believe there are some relatively small political forces that would be greatly affected by this issue (the Pirate Party?). There could be other similar groups. The Pirate Party has unfortunate name, in my opinion. I also understand there was an EFF statement released yesterday (it was on reddit last night). I expect no positive response from either of the major political parties. We could however react in the media, newspapers etc. Data retention and all the other baggage that comes with it is at the back of the anti-terrorism push. Anti-terrorism just gives carte blanche to tighten the grip on personal freedoms. Remember Sept 11th? DB