This latest leak looks similar to the US agenda in Europe:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australians-may-pay-th...
Of particular interest:
- all talks held in private, even members of parliament have been kept in the dark
- heavier patent obligations - although the impact on pharma is discussed, it is not hard to imagine these things extrapolated to software patents, with a negative impact on free software development in Australia (Samba originated in Australia, but just imagine if Microsoft could accuse them of violating some patent...)
The only upside to this is that if US software vendors continue to maintain higher prices in Australia (an issue that receives regular complaints in the Australian press, many products are 20% or more expensive) then it continues to give people an extra reason to encourage the use of free software.