While several of us have sent Conroy letters, has anyone met with him in person? Or their local Labor rep (if you're in a Labor seat - otherwise, find a Senator for your State)? Gotta mix the web activism with offline interactions.
As for the Libs, sounds like Minchin isn't all that positive about the plan, which is promising... -- Pat On 27/10/2008, at 11:17 AM, Warren Seen wrote: > Speaking of Fielding: > http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/27/1224955916155.html > > To make things worse, Nick Xenophon (another senator in that group > that hold the balance of power) seems to think that he's going to > EXTEND the filter to cover online gambling sites overseas. Now, > correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that an entirely legal use of the > Internet? And so it begins... > > So we're left with the Greens, and scratching around to find a Labor > faction with enough guts to stand up in caucus. Has anything changed > with the libs stance on the issue under Turnbull's leadership? Seems > to me that when you start talking about blocking legitimate business > interests overseas, those based in Australia (eg Betfair) should > worry that they'll be next. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Gary Barber > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay then why not lobby the factions within the Labor party to get > Conroy to bury this crusade. If you get right factions stirred up > this really can have an effect. > > I bet there are people on this list with at least contacts into these > factions. > > > Warren Seen wrote: > > > Lobbying the "Family First" Senator Fielding to vote against > internet > > filtering? That sounds like a new definition of futility :-) > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Gary Barber <gary.barber.au > > <http://gary.barber.au>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > If this is the case then we should be lobbying the relevant > greens and > > Fielding hard, and making damn sure they vote against it. > Making sure > > their are no other issues they have in the pipeline that labor > can > > leverage to win their vote. > > > > -- > > Gary Barber > > Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect > > > > Web: radharc.com.au <http://radharc.com.au> > > blog: manwithnoblog.com <http://manwithnoblog.com> > > > > > > > > Pat Allan wrote: > > > Another possible action to add to the list: Contact your > ISP, tell > > > them you you'll switch to someone else if they take part in > Conroy's > > > trial. I just told iiNet that by twitter. No idea if that'll > filter > > > through, so I really should send them an email at the very > least. > > > > > > Also, for those looking for some hope: at this stage (ie: > unless the > > > gov calls a double dissolution), Labor need both the Greens > and > > > Stephen Fielding of Family First to agree on the policy. > Greens have > > > been strongly against it (and rarely agree with Fielding), so > > perhaps > > > we're safe, at least until another election. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Gary Barber > Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect > > Web: radharc.com.au > blog: manwithnoblog.com > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
