News

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  Internet filter remains alive and well: Conroy

  Communications minister Stephen Conroy has refused to back down on Labor’s mandatory ISP-level filter, despite the near impossibility of the controversial policy passing the lower or upper houses of Parliament.

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  Child porn filter coming mid-2011

  Telstra and Optus will impose a filter on child pornography and abuse websites for all internet subscribers from halfway through 2011.

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  Refused classification could prove death knell for Labor filter

  The Classification Board’s review of refused classification (RC) material could signal the death of the Labor party’s proposed mandatory ISP-level internet filter, pending its results next year.

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  Liberals to slash net filter

  The Federal Opposition has moved to trash the Government's highly controversial mandatory ISP-level Internet Filter.

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  Filtered Internet for 70% of web users under government deal

  Up to 70 per cent of Australians will have filtered Internet access under a deal between Telstra, Optus, iPrimus and the Federal Government, Communications Minster Stephen Conroy said today.

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  Opposition calls on Gov to heed Cyber Safety Committee evidence

  Evidence heard at the Cyber Safety Committee roundtable in Melbourne has been cited by the Greens and the Opposition as further reason for the Federal Government to drop its controversial mandatory ISP-level filter.

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  ICT to remain a strong focus under Gillard: Industry

  The sudden shift in Federal leadership, which has seen Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, ousted in favour his deputy, Julia Gillard, has produced a strong note of optimism within Australia's ICT industry.

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  Greens table anti-ISP-filter in Senate

  The Australian Greens have issued a petition in the Senate sporting upwards of 19,000 Australian signatures opposing the Government’s proposed mandatory ISP-level filter.

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  AusCert 2010: Australian net filter doomed

  Renowned security expert, Marcus Ranum, has declared Australia's Internet content filter will fail to combat child porn and may not get off the ground.

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  Conroy goes unopposed in TV filtering debate

  The vice-chair of the Electronic Frontiers Association has laughed off being snubbed by Channel 7's Sunrise program for a segment on net filtering with the communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.

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  Senate committee to call for public net filtering views

  The public will have the opportunity to present their opinions on the Federal Government’s controversial Internet content filter to parliament.

• Net Filter companies losing ISP business

  Sales of web content filters to the telecommunications industry have frozen as reluctant Internet Service Providers (ISPs) wait for possible subsidy under the Federal Government’s national Internet content filter plan.

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  All eyes on Australia as Conroy pushes net filter

  Governments and organisations around the world are intently watching Australia as the Federal Government continues to peddle the proposed ISP-level Internet filter, former GetUp executive director and AccessNow founder, Brett Solomon, has revealed.

• Internet bound by national borders: Analyst

  The Internet does not have its own sovereignty, and governments have a right to filter online content, according to China Digital Strategist, Kaiser Kuo.

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  Net filter legislation status uncertain

  The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, is yet to confirm whether the legislation for the contentious Internet filter will be tabled at the next Parliament sittings in May or June or after a Federal election.