Internet filtering: Listen to the people (December 18th, 2009 - 1,571 views)

Senator Conroy has just announced that the Labor government is green-lighting a plan to censor all Australian internet traffic with a mandatory ISP-level internet filter. Kevin Rudd’s election promise was that the filter wouldn’t be mandatory, and this backflip has dramatic consequences. How many complaints does a government need before listening to the people they [...]

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The Rudd Filter Has Been (Phone) Bombed (November 24th, 2008 - 2,875 views)

You wouldn’t have seen the headline in the media, but on November 10th 2008 Senator Conroy’s office was phone bombed. It’s alright, he is in good health. In fact, nobody was hurt in the latest skirmish in the war against the Rudd Filter.  What is a phone bomb?  People have always protested against the government [...]

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