Asher Wolf

Journalist, information-activist, and commentator, Asher Wolf has been described as a 'twitter journalist' by the Sydney Morning Herald, and 'one of the key activists across the world in coordinating news and information relating to breaking the old information hegemony', by Swedish Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge. A prolific user of Twitter, Asher is a contributor to New Matilda and a member of the Australian MEAA journalist’s union. She’s also the founder of the CryptoParty movement, with events promoting personal privacy and cryptography in over 60 locations around the world. Boho feral, feminist and fascinated by the implications of all things machine and geek, Asher Wolf is tinkering at the crossroads of government transparency, personal privacy, journalism, social media, technology and activism.

Articles by Asher Wolf:

30 April 20132 June 2013 · Activism

Early childhood learning and the Free Kindergarten Union

Asher Wolf

And so we have entered the age of kindergarten and childcare after the boom and bust of Eddy Grove’s ABC Learning Centres, a company that reported a record after-tax profit of $81.1 million in 2006. The stock market-listed childcare that operated 2300 facilities across four countries collapsed in 2008 owing owing creditors more than $2.7 billion.