Gunns (a Tasmanian tiber company) are sueing several envrironmental activists including Bob Brown for “alleged actions includ(ing) defamation, interference with contractual relations, trespass and property damage, all committed in the name of protest against the company and its practices.”
Greg Barns is adiment that “(t)he Gunns case concerns the limitations on freedom of speech and the [...]

There seems to be two key arguments against the Federal government gaining control of Australia’s universities: “Committee chief executive John Mullarvey said universities wanted and needed diversity, not uniformity.”
and
“The paper warned that universities risked losing $200 million in annual funding from the states, and stifling diversity within the sector.”
Surely both are flawed and week arguments. [...]

Bloggers are net stars for 2004 - Technology - http://www.theage.com.au/technology/: “The American Merriam-Webster dictionary publishers dubbed ‘blog’ word of the year for 2004, to mark the rise in influence of the sometimes anonymous internet diarists who are simultaneously courted, ridiculed and feared.”
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