I was inspired by watching Senator Conroy last night! Right now, i’m convinced the best way to stop the internet filtering scheme is to try and educate the rest of ALP caucus (i.e. everyone who isn’t Senator Conroy) about what a terrible idea this scheme is. Ultimately the scheme has no chance of getting up [...]
Internet Filtering: A letter to my local MP
March 25th, 2010 11 Comments
Tags: australia internet filtering · Australian Politics · Democracy · mandatory internet filtering scheme · no clean feed · open internet · politics · Senator Conroy
Internet Censorship and The Arts
January 22nd, 2010 14 Comments
Late last year the Federal Government announced that it intended to go ahead with one of the worst ideas I’ve heard in a long time. The Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy – presumably assuming Australia was distracted by Christmas and Copenhagen to notice – announced that an expensive, ineffective and intrusive filter will be installed [...]
Tags: australia internet filtering · Internet censorship · internet fil · no clean feed · open internet · stephen conroy