There are a number of reasons you could reasonably assume the government would block out 90 per cent of a document obtained using the freedom of information. If the document threatened national security, for example, it would make sense to keep that information confidential. But as Ben Grubb has reported on the SMH today, the Government has blocked out 90 per cent of a document about their plan to monitor all Australian’s web usage for the pathetic excuse that it may cause “premature, unnecessary debate”. So much for democracy, huh? More »
Hackers in Brazil have managed to break into the computerised system that tracks quotas for logging companies, allowing for the illegal logging and smuggling of nearly 1.7 million cubic metres of wood.
