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Pirate Party Australia Webcast – Episode 4

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In this episode Sam covers some recent news, plays a speech by Simon Frew at a rally for Julian Assange, does a pirate profile on Grant Muir  and reads the fourth and final installment of The History of Copyright. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

News:
ACTA defeated in European Parliament – Techdirt, Falkvinge
ALRC Copyright Review – ALRC.gov.au
ACT Membership Drive
PPAU Congress 2012 – wiki page

Julian Assange & Wikileaks Support Protest:
YouTube video

Pirate Profile: Grant Muir

History Of Copyright:
No Safe Harbour book
Rick Falkvinge’s Blog (links to the 7 original blog entries)

Quote:
“As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” – from the computer game Alpha Centauri by Sid Meier.

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Pirate Party Australian Capital Territory needs your help!

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Pirate Party Australian Capital Territory (PPAU-ACT) is attempting to register for the ACT election in November, and need your support to get on that ballot. They need 40 more members before Friday morning in order to get on the ballot.

The posters have been edited to reflect the clarified final date.

There are PPAU-ACT’s support posters. Please spread them around.

We need your help. All we need you to do is sign up as a member. It is currently completely free. Join today!

Get print quality versions of the posters here: Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3

Pirate Party Recruits in Australian Capital Territory

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Pirate Party Australia’s ACT branch aims to run a candidate in the October election. The Pirate Party requires 100 members who are registered to vote within the ACT before Thursday 28 June midnight on Saturday, 30 June, in order to register the Party within the ACT. However, if they do not achieve the necessary numbers by Thursday, they plan to still field independent candidates.

The Pirate Party stands for individual privacy, and feels that constant surveillance is a violation of the presumption of innocence. The Party believes that only those suspected of criminal activity should be monitored, and only for a limited time.

“While we consider individual privacy to be extremely important, we also push for greater transparency of Government,” said Stuart Biggs, co-ordinator of Pirate Party ACT. “Our representatives need to be accountable, and hiding behind exceptions to the Freedom of Information Act is an inappropriate method of governing.”

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Open Letter to Government Regarding Failure to Act on behalf of Assange

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In an attempt to get a real response for once, this letter has been sent to each person listed below via snail mail. We truly look forward to their response.

To:
The Honourable Julia Gillard, MP, Prime Minister of Australia,
Senator The Honourable Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
The Honourable Nicola Roxon, MP, Attorney-General of Australia,
The Honourable Kevin Rudd, MP, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs,

I am writing to you today on behalf of Pirate Party Australia to express our disgust at this Government’s continued abject failure to act regarding the political safety of one of our citizens, Mr Julian Assange.

We are extremely disappointed that Mr Assange has had to seek asylum with a foreign government, and would like to know why there has been no intervention on his behalf. We understand that the UK police have a warrant for his arrest on the grounds that Mr Assange has broken his bail conditions by seeking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. We also understand that he is merely wanted for questioning in Sweden, and has offered numerous times to comply with investigations, both while in Stockholm, and via video link from the United Kingdom.

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Pirate Party Congress 2012

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Dear Pirates,

I would like to invite all members of Pirate Party Australia to this year’s National Congress.

The National Congress is an opportunity for Pirates all over Australia to meet up, and to vote on leadership and policy changes, as well as other major party decisions.

This year’s Congress will be held from 14th-15th July at Ross House, Melbourne.

The agenda is yet to be announced, and we are looking into suitable accommodation to recommend for travelling members. An Eventbrite invitation will be sent out to all members shortly.

We are also looking into hiring a bus to take members from Sydney to Melbourne for the weekend. Please email [email protected] if you are interested. It will be treated on a first come, first serve basis.

More information related to the Congress will be announced soon. In the mean time, if you hunger for information, see the wiki page: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2012. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email.

Thanks for your support. I look forward to seeing you in July!

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Regards,

Brendan Molloy
Secretary
Pirate Party Australia