The OKFN:Local Australia website was launched today with explicit objectives to promote the openness of all forms of knowledge where knowledge is taken to include information, data and all other synonymous terms. In particular

1. To promote freedom of access, creation and dissemination of knowledge.
2. To develop, support and promote projects, communities and tools that foster and facilitate the creation, access to and dissemination of knowledge.
3. To campaign against restrictions both legal and non-legal on the creation, access to and dissemination of knowledge.