• Tweet Even with new research showing that *83% of Queenslanders support the right of workers to bring legal claims for injuries in unsafe workplaces, and 73% believing workers should be able to claim for minor injuries as well, the Qld government today have moved to change the WorkCover scheme, which could include capping common law [&hellip

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  • Tweet Suppressing social networks or mobile phones at times of unrest is ‘unacceptable’, the UK Foreign Secretary has told a global summit on cyber-crime. Human rights such as privacy and freedom of expression should apply as much online as they do offline, William Hague said. His remarks appear to rule out any clampdown of Twitter [&hellip

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  • Tweet The federal government says education, rather than legislation, is the best way to protect children using Facebook and other social media. But the government has agreed to look at proposals being prepared by South Australia, including tighter age limits on use of the social media and giving parents more rights to access their children’s [&hellip

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  • Tweet Defence Minister Stephen Smith says the use of social media by Australian Defence Force members could put the ADF’s reputation at risk. The defence minister’s warning came a day after charges were laid against a former ADF member over the setting up of a gay-hate Facebook page. Mr Smith on Friday announced an external [&hellip

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  • Tweet The government has admitted it was unaware the two top executives in charge of the National Broadband Network were being investigated for ongoing corruption during their employment. It has been revealed by The Australian that when the former Alcatel-Lucent executives Mike Quigley and Jean Pascal Beaufret were appointed to NBN Co. in mid 2009, [&hellip

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