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Internet Censorship in Australia?

Posted by samzenpus on from the family-knows-best dept.

Enaku writes "Right wing Australian Christian political party Family First wants an annual levy of $7 to $10 on all internet users in Australia to fund a $45 million mandatory national internet filtering scheme aimed at blocking pornographic and offensive content at server level. (Read Family First's Policy Statement on Internet Pornography and Children (pdf) ) Great firewall of Australia, here we come!"

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  1. Re:Huh? by bcg · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is generally considered that Labor is "left" in Australia whilst the coalition (liberal and national parties) are the "right".

    The family first party is clearly a right wing party and is identified locally as such.

    This party has been clearly shown to be essentially a front for the "Assemblies of God" church. See one of Australia's most popular political sites for an article on them

    They're right-wingers guys!

  2. Don't Fear the Neo-Christian Party by onosendai · · Score: 5, Informative

    #1 - Family First are a RIGHT-WING neo-christian fringe party, playing the percentages in the bible belt suburbs of the major cities ( cf http://www.hillsong.com/) - they'll poll +/-5% in those areas, not a real threat in the lower house, although they may get some sway if they get the balance of power in upper house, but I doubt it and
    #2 - they'll get this past on a cold day in hell, read their comments about smaller ISPs for instance (eg they're expendable - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/27/net_levy/) , it's anti-competitive, hard to maintain and largely ineffective.

    It's an attention seeking episode imho

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  3. Small L liberals by mattjk · · Score: 5, Informative

    >It is generally considered that Labor is "left" in Australia whilst the coalition (liberal and national parties) are the "right".

    An important point here - the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party, not the liberal party.

    The Liberal Party are *not* liberal in the true sense of the word - they are on the conservative end of the political spectrum.

    This has lead to Australians referring to "small L liberals" and "big L liberals", to differeiante between the two.

    > The family first party is clearly a right wing party and is identified locally as such.

    Yep, they're religious zealots of the worst kind. The only parties worse than them are One Nation and the Citizen's Electoral Council.