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Australian Gov't Claims Internet Filter Legislation Still In Play

Posted by timothy on from the too-slightly-good-to-be-true dept.

Dracophile writes "Contrary to yesterday's article about The Australian's report that the Australian government had put on the back burner plans to introduce Internet filter legislation before the next election, The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the government rejected claims that it had abandoned such plans, and that 'a spokeswoman for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the government remained committed to the policy.' Unless the Australian Labor Party abandons the plan altogether, will the timing make any difference to voters?"

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  1. I'm a voter... by dwarfsoft · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm a voter and it makes all the difference to me, so to answer your question... yes.

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    1. Re:I'm a voter... by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The answer is that Labour are too scared of campaigning with the measure on their manifesto that they're kicking it into the light rough and will pick it back up just as soon as the election is over.

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  2. Re:What do you expect from a union hack? by dwarfsoft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't know about the Wikileaks thing, so I went looking and read this. Thanks for that. This is getting worse every time I hear about the filter. I hope that one of the parties goes against this, otherwise I will have to vote greens... the only people opposing this travesty.

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  3. Re:Voting. by biryokumaru · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ha! Now you know how us Americans feel about elections! Take that!

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