ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Filtering: Followup to Newton letter
Internet engineer Mark Newton has published a followup to his earlier letter and meeting with his MP, Government Frontbencher Kate Ellis. Many of our members and the public have written to their MPs about this issue and have been frustrated with the responses they have been getting, which are basically…
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Filtering Pilot and ACMA Blacklist – Not just "illegal" material
Filtering the blacklist As the Government’s plans for Internet filtering move forward, the new details we learn do little to dampen concerns about the scheme. The technical issues remain as acute as ever, but to many of us the implications for Government control of speech on the Internet are just…
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R18+ for Games campaign launched
A recent article reports that the discussion paper on whether Australia should introduce an R18+ rating for video games is not likely to be released. Australia is the only Western country without an R rating for computer and video games. If a game is deemed unsuitable for MA15+ by the Office…
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EFA's Dale Clapperton on Sunrise
EFA’s Chair, Dale Clapperton, was interviewed on Channel 7’s Sunrise program on 29th October about the government’s proposed mandatory filtering policy. A phone-in survey on the program revealed that 80% of respondents were opposed to the censorship plan.
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Can Labor implement "clean feed" without legislation?
by Dale Clapperton A question that has been asked a lot recently is this: can Labor implement their ‘clean feed’ proposal without legislative amendments? Much turns on the answer to this question. To get any legislation through the Senate at the moment, Labor require the support of either the Coalition,…
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The Mark Newton letter
There has been a great deal of publicity in recent days about a letter written by Mark Newton, a network engineer with a leading Australian ISP, to a government Minister concerning the Australian government’s proposed mandatory Internet censorship scheme. The letter resulted in an apparent attempt by the office of…