Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Anti-censorship site Wikileaks has threatened Australian Communications
Minister Senator Stephen Conroy with criminal prosecution if he
attempts to discover the source of its leaked Australian Internet
blacklist. Wikileaks says that under Swedish law it is a criminal
offence to try to breach confidentiality agreements between the press
and sources.
Senator Conroy yesterday issued a statement in
response to the release of the Australian Internet censorship list by
Wikileaks, saying that his department, "is investigating this matter and is
considering a range of possible actions it may take including referral
to the Australian Federal Police. Any Australian involved in making
this content publicly available would be at serious risk of criminal
prosecution."
Describing Senator Conroy as the person "responsible for Australian
Internet censorship", Jay Lim, the legal adviser of Wikileaks publisher
Sunshine Press stated:
"Under the Swedish Constitution's Press
Freedom Act, the right of a confidential press source to anonymity is
protected, and criminal penalties apply to anyone acting to breach that
right.
"Source documents are received in Sweden and published from Sweden so as to derive maximum benefit from this legal protection.
"Should the Senator or anyone else attempt to discover our source we
will refer the matter to the Constitutional Police for prosecution, and
if necessary, ask that the Senator and anyone else involved be
extradited to face justice for breaching fundamental rights."
Referring to a precedent case earlier this year, Wikileaks stated:
"Senator
Conroy may wish to consider the position of the South African
Competition Commission, which decided to cancel its own high profile
leak investigation in January after being advised of the legal
ramifications of interfering with Sunshine Press sources."
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