Minister Conroy would do better to concentrate on how to lower the cost of internet access in Australia, rather than limiting the extent of access under his mandatory filering – censorship – plan. See information on home computer availability
Banned ‘black’ websites will suddenly jump from the current 1300 to more than 10,000 when Communication Minister Conroy’s proposed mandatory filtering system slows down Australia’s internet access before in trials starting before Christmas. But who will…
The Australian Government’s proposed censorship of internet usage and sites demonstrates that that we should never take the pre-election promises of our political masters seriously, particularly their assurances of providing a more open and inclusive…
Here’s the official line of the bureaucrats, the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. “In May 2008 the Australian Government committed $125.8 million over four years to support a comprehensive range of cyber-safety measures, i…
Before this year’s Beijing Olympic Games, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd chastised the Chinese authorities for blocking full access to the internet for the assembled world media: "My attitude to our friends in China is very simple", he said. "T…
THE federal Government has released details of its long-awaited call for expressions of interest on live internet-service-provider content filtering trials. The Government is asking all ISPs to participate, as their feedback is important. Child protectio…
The head of big Australian ISP, iiNet, Michael Malone, has labelled the Communications Minister the worst we’ve had in the 15 years. He said he would sign for the "ridiculous" trials, scheduled from December 24 this year. Separately, in Senate…
Net Registry argues that online business in Australia is the forgotten casualty in the recent debates over Senator Conroy’s internet filter. "This issue isn’t about censorship – it should be about the damage these plans could inflict on the internet…
From IT journals to ISPs, they are pretty much against the Governments plan. How could one Minister be so clever as to get everybody bar the religious right offside? Read what an industry player say. Australians will be unable to opt-out of the governmen…
Read what the Minister has said, and is saying, about internet filtering. They are not necessarily the same. So, what he says now may also not be true…keep up the pressure on him and the Rudd Government to ‘GET OUT OF PEOPLE’S MINDS : LEAVE THE INTERNET…