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If no one said “All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”, then someone should have, because it is true. The same thing goes for bullies and injustice. As scary as it can be, if you are going to consider yourself human, then you have to speak out for what it right.
Now is the time for every Australian that values their privacy to speak out. Proposed new laws threaten the privacy of every Australian that uses the internet.
This follows on the heels of similar proposals in the UK, Germany and Canada.
An article in the Sydney Moring Herald on 14 July 2012 provides examples where companies that do not protect their clients’ privacy suffer the consequences
A frightening proposal to be examined by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence Security should worry every Australian who values their privacy