The whistle blower website Wikileaks is under attack by the Australian government.
From DemocracyNow:
WikiLeaks Founder Has Passport Revoked in Australia
The founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks has had his passport confiscated in his native Australia. Julian Assange says Australian officials told him his passport would be canceled because it looked worn. Last year WikiLeaks stoked a controversy in Australia after publishing a list of websites the Australian government had been preparing to blacklist even though the sites had no links to the stated reason of child pornography. And last month WikiLeaks drew international attention after releasing a classified US military video showing a US helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians in 2007.
SOURCE: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/20/headlines
Wikileaks is one of the essential sources for an open internet and for holding governments and their agencies accountable for their actions. This is a travesty not only for Australia but for every democracy.
