Don't worry on our behalf, Luiz. The internet filters are at present only being trialed by a handful of minor ISPs. The big three ISPs, Telstra, Optusnet and iiNet, have either rubbished the concept or only want to participate in order to prove what a piece of crap the concept is.
The government could face a huge electoral backlash over this. The previous government was dumped by the electorate because of an unpopular labour reform which was their pet project, their "Emperor's New Clothes". Internet censorship will be this government's "Emperor's New Clothes" if they aren't careful. As well, everyone but the government itself is convinced that the internet filters can't be mandated without a change in legislation, which the majority of our Senate opposes. Proposed legislation can't be written into the constitution until it has a majority vote in the Senate. You can read about the internet filters here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia#Live_Filtering _Trials Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Luiz Felipe > Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 2:11 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Internet Censorship in OZ > > ...well, now ask the wizard to solve the issue... > > Serious, I really feel sad when I get the news about some folks that > surrender their life to any kind of government, elected or not. Hope > they find a way out the muck. Glad the censor doesn't hate Pentax - yet. > > LF (no, I'm not in ANY paradise, but then I don't belong paradises- and > we're still trying over here) > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
