The Australian public also rightly demands transparent government. That’s why the Rudd Government promised at the election to “restore trust and integrity in the use of Commonwealth Government information, promoting a pro-disclosure culture and protecting the public interest through genuine reform”. We’re working hard to fulfil these commitments. -Joe Ludwig, Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister [...]

It was hard to keep sight of Conroy’s temporary internet filter backflip yesterday amidst all the other backflips Labor has been pulling lately. From Asylum seeker policy (which is several backflips in itself), to resource taxes to now the internet filter, it’s getting hard to keep track of what exactly Labor’s policies are. As far [...]

Senator Kate Lundy wrote a blog post earlier this month in which she outlined her plans to present an opt-in and opt-out model of Stephen Conroy’s proposed internet filter. Opt-in requiring Australian internet users to put their hands up to have their internet censored and opt-out giving users the option to literally opt-out of a [...]

You’d think Minister Stephen Conroy, the man proposing the biggest regulatory change to the Australian internet in history, would have a firm grasp of the internet. I mean he doesn’t need to know the technical specifics on say an engineering level of how it works, but y’know, is a basic understanding too much to ask? [...]

In one corner of the cyber ring you have the worlds largest internet company, Google. Google may or may not be attempting world domination through their ever -expanding, ever-increasing internet dominance. Having said that, as far as dictators go, the world could do a lot worse then Google. In the other corner you have Australian [...]

One of the biggest concerns over a mandatory ISP level internet filter in Australia is that once applied and operational, the infrastructure is then in place for future governments to filter whatever they choose. Naturally the man behind Australia’s proposed internet filter, Stephen Conroy, has done his best to assure people that this won’t happen [...]

Hitler being appointed the caretaker of a holocaust memorial museum. Osama bin Laden put in charge of a construction team rebuilding the Twin Towers. Kevin Rudd being asked to judge diving at the next Olympics, except for the backflip event. All of these are horrifying absurd scenarios the world wouldn’t want to be confronted with [...]

Last night Stephen Conroy continued his train wreck PR campaign for Labor’s proposed mandatory Internet filter. Appearing on the ABC’s 4 Corners program in a report titled Access Denied Conroy continues to make guarantees and assert that the clean feed filter is in the best interests of the Australian population. The report by 4 Corners [...]

If anything has been made clear in the last week it’s that someone in the Rudd government has kicked Stephen Conroy’s arse over the internet filter. I don’t know what it takes to parade around the country spouting complete nonsense with a straight face, but whatever it is… Conroy continues to prove he has it [...]

Protecting children has long been the underlying main contributor to Labor’s push to censor the internet in Australia. ‘If you’re not with us, then you support child abuse’ is a pretty strong statement to make but it’s how most opponents to the filter have been made to feel. Despite widespread public condemnation and sensible arguments [...]