On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 21:19 +1100, nedlud wrote: > Okay, so I *should* be concerned about this, in spite of what my > common sense tells me. > > So what can we, as web professionals (in Australia), do about it? > > I've signed the getup petition. What's the next step?
You could _write_ a letter to Senator Conroy, you local MP and all Senators who represent your state. As many politicians aren't that cluey they tend to ignore emails or at least consider them far less important than snailed letters. It costs you less than $5 to print and post letters to the list above - even cheaper if you live in the ACT or NT :) If you feel like it send letters to the PM and leader of the opposition too. Make each letter unique and don't just use an online sample, make it relevant to you. Think about why are you concerned about this, how may it impact _you_? Why are you writing to a particular MP/Senator? Why should they listen to (or read) what you have to say? This gives you some indication of my letter to Senator Conroy - http://tinyurl.com/conroy-letter For my MP it will be similar, but for senators it will be a bit more filter focused. I hope this gives you some inspiration about how you can make your views known. Keep in mind, only emailing the minister and signing an online opinion will register to marks in the against column. Cheers Dave who should finish his letter writing campaign > > Nedlud. > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am hoping that the live testing/trial that will > >> be carried out early next year just shows that this > >> is technically unfeasible. It is quite stupid to be > >> filtering the internet for everyone in Australia, > >> when it is much simpler to be done on each individual > >> PC through the use of software as the previous > >> Liberal government proposed. > > > > > > Andrew, I think you are miss-understanding how Government works: whether > > something is practical or not is pretty much never a concern unless they > > have to do the implementation themselves. In this case, it will be the > > ISP's that are forced to implement it, not the Gov itself. > > > > A similar example is in progress in the UK: the Gov have decided to > > introduce an 'uncrackable' bio-metric ID card for all citizens. They > > have been told time and again that it will not work, but this all gets > > outsourced to other companies, so if it fails then they get the blame, > > and so it goes ahead, against the wishes of pretty much the whole > > country. > > > > Mike > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
