Australia’s New Controls On Sensitive Research Likely To Drive Academics Overseas

While the world is laughing at UK PM David Cameron for his pledge to ban encryption, Australia is on the way to implementing legislation that could feasibly have a similar effect.

Moreover, the little-debated Defence Trade Control Act (DTCA) is already law – it’s just that the criminal sanctions it imposes for sending knowledge offshore without a license are being phased in, and don’t come into force until May 2015.