Recently, a document that is allegedly a consolidated discussion paper of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was leaked in full to the internet. Today, due to the complete lack of a transparent public consultation process with ACTA, Pirate Party Australia will also be mirroring this controversial document, in order to fuel public awareness and debate surrounding government transparency. You can view the PDF with
software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader by visiting the following link.

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26 March, 2010

Dear Minister,

My name is David Gaetjens. I am the Vice President of Pirate Party Australia. I have read the "Update on Labor's mandatory web filter plan" article on your blog and I am interested in further clarification. Although you have voiced an opinion on various censorship issues, you seem to have stopped short of saying how Liberal intends to vote on such issues, if and when legislation is presented.

Could you please answer the following questions so that we, and the electorate, may understand your party's policies?

Unfortunately, although the South Australian Pirate Party has undergone significant progress in its capacity and development was not in a position to contest candidates for the South Australian Elections, and we've now focused our attentions on the upcoming federal elections. However the South Australian election on 20th of March is important, and the party needs you to send a strong message to the both the state and federal Labor governments.

Whilst the the Pirate Party Australia, SA Branch aren't fielding our own candidates, we have identified a few other Parties and candidates we think best reflect the ideals - that voters who would have otherwise voted 'Pirate' should consider.

March 12 is an important day, even more so for Australians this year. It is the one day a year where we all protest incursions against the freedom of expression, and governments that threaten the freedom of the internet. Reporters Sans Frontières marks the occassion each year by issuing a list of "Enemies of the Internet".

Pirate Party Australia rejects the Censorship Lite™ proposal currently espoused by
Senator Lundy as a viable or appropriate alternative to the current proposal.

"Senator Lundy's proposal for a 'mandatory option' for the internet filter is a bit of a hollow
response to concerns of the wider community. It is basically opt-out, wrapped in double
speak. Opt-out may seem marginally more palatable than the current proposals, however
in some respects it is actually worse - it is totally unacceptable because it breaches the
fundamental right to privacy." said Rodney Serkowski, Party Secretary.

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