Australian political activist targeted by opposition party's lawyers

Re:Australian political activist targeted by opposition part... by throwaway_yy2Di on Thursday September 05, 2013 @01:12PM (#6335395)

"My ISP contacted me on Wednesday afternoon to let me know that the federal opposition party's lawyers were demanding my personal details. Despite this being a personal project not paid for or endorsed by anyone, I gave them permission to hand over my name, address, and phone number so that the site could stay up."

Is political speech regulated in Australia? If you have an influential website like this, are you required to register publicly to prove compliance with, e.g. campaign spending limits?

I read there's a blackout on political ads, but it doesn't apply to web ads:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/04/no-media-black...

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Re:Australian political activist targeted by opposition part... by jacques_chester on Thursday September 05, 2013 @07:54PM (#6337932)

You are required to give the name and location of the person authorising political comment.

The blogs I host, for example, place authorisation on their lead authors.

eg: http://larvatusprodeo.net/about-larvatus-prodeo/electoral-co...

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