Using "think of the children!" as a cover, Dear Leader Kevin Rudd and Commissar for Communications Stephen Conroy will be implementing mandatory filtering of 'inappropriate' material.
As the Howard government demonstrated with their sweeping anti-terrorism laws, we can trust our government with vast unrestrained power.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30...-the-internet/
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...28-421,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...31/2129471.htm
http://www.grods.com/post/1775/
The Australia Institute discussion paper this is being based on:
http://www.tai.org.au/documents/dp_fulltext/DP53.pdf
You'd be mad to think anything critical of our treatment of Aboriginals, our policy towards East Timor & West Papua, or a thousand other topics just might be put on the block list.
Can't imagine the Liberal/National coalition voting against this on account of they fucking hate civil liberties; this has been a key policy of Family First since they managed to sneak a man into the senate; that leaves Greens, Nick Xenophon and any rebellious Labor senators. Oh joy.