Australian Net Censorship

An anonymous coward writes "The Australian House of Representatives has passed the censorship legislation which was passed by the Senate a few weeks back. According to the EFA, from 1/1/2000 Australia will have more restrictive internet censorship than Singapore and Malaysia. This legislation was introduced to win the vote of an independent senator for the GST vote. The local news media has made no mention of this legislation. Apparently censorship isn't newsworthy. " If the Australian media isn't saying anything, I think that's about as scary as the legislation itself. Wired ran a story about this the other day that seemed to imply choosing Jan. 1, 2000 was not a coincidence. Conspiracy theories, anyone?