By Rob O’Brien

WikiLeaks, the website for corporate and government whistleblowers, is requesting hidden documents and files from countries around the world, with a few of Australia’s Federal and State governments in the line of fire.

 

The Wikileaks website has requested global nominations for the ‘Most Wanted Leaks of 2009’ - concealed documents or recordings most sought after by a country's journalists, activists, historians, lawyers, police, or human rights investigators.

 

Among its Australian targets are prominent government documents related to controversial projects including the Federal Government’s censorship of the internet and the report of the National Broadband Network expert working group.

Another sought after document is the complete police interview of Martin Bryant, the man responsible for the death of 35 people at Port Arthur in 1996.  

 

Targeted documents from the UK include details on the correspondence which led to the leaking of UK ministers’ expenses and cabinet minutes and legal advice related to the invasion of Iraq.

Other official Australian documents Wikileaks is appealing for include the written exam NSW police officers must take annually before they can be issued with tasers; full details of filtering hardware/software vendors participating in government-sponsored ISP-level censorship technology trials and the countries being targeted by Queensland governments plan to sell Government-owned corporations.
 

According to the website, the criteria for official leaks require documents likely to have political, diplomatic, ethical or historical impact; be known to exist or have existed and be plausibly obtainable to a well motivated insider, outsider or intelligence agent.

 

Winners for each country will receive a cash prize up to 1000 euros, depending on how many countries submit.