Here is aother useful link:
http://earleyedition.com/2008/12/30/...tion-of-links/.

Just to follow up on Kym's comment about Australia following what happens in the UK - one example is the use of anti-terror laws/police powers (both in the UK and in Australia) to stop street photography / reportage - some of you may be familiar with these stories: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...76-952,00.html
http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.co...liberty-folks/

On the issue of copyright, while the photographer owns copyright in the photos he or she takes, you can actually infringe someone else's copyright by taking a photo, even though you have copyright in the actual photo. This is often one of the reasons you can't take photos of art in galleries - you might well be making an unauthorised copy of an artwork by taking a photo of it. This is not always the case, however, so photographing street art/public installations is usually fine from a copyright perspective, as is photographing artworks out of copyright (but there may be other reasons you can't photograph them!).