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Australian Liberal Internet Filter Proposal & Withdrawal

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I have been absent for the past week deprived of an internet connection only to come back to this the day before the election:

 

Article detailing the proposal and its retraction: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/coalition-announces-internet-filter--and-immediately-backs-down-20130905-2t7nb.html

Full plan in all it's unholiness: http://www.scribd.com/doc/165687822/Coalition-2013-Election-Policy-%E2%80%93-Enhance-Online-Safety-final

Video of Tony Abbott's' apology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvkAtLwxeKU

 

Yes, I be very mad, another censorship proposal on the exact premise of the UK's version. 

'This is to protect the innocence of the nations children through the use of restricting our open internet, If you say others wise you are therefore a horrible person because you want children to watch porn' -The gist of the proposal

The redacted version of this system on the other hand is far less aggressive and intrusive, If it were as they say "opt in" then it wouldn't be such a bad idea but only ever on a software level.

 

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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I actually have no idea which one is Liberal and which one is Labor.

I'm just voting for the sex party cause I couldn't really give a crap

Any vote that isn't liberal is a vote well spent.

export PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]┌╼ \[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;30m\] ╾╼ \[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;36m\]\n\[\033[1;30m\]└╼ \[\033[1;37m\]'


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Voting for Warren Snowden regardless.
(Labor member for Lingari) I want the NBN. I'm lucky to get 8mbps/1MBps download for $99 a month. 
Plus the amount of outright lies Tony Abbot gives.

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As you mentioned in your report - it has been discussed before and the outcome of the thread wasn't wholly great or positive. 

I'll leave it for now; but if it turns into the above, it will become locked.

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Wait, isn't this job up to the parents of the children they want to protect?

 

Give me a break, once you start censoring the internet you've got a lock on information that enters and leaves a country and it's downhill from there.

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OK, guys! History lesson time.

 

There was a proposed filter under Howard's previous government. However it was opt-in and never mandatory. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/howard-pitch-for-family-vote-with-internet-filter/2007/08/10/1186530542829.html

The Howard government had a 189 Million dollar policy named "NetAlert". You can read more about it here: http://www.pcw.vic.edu.au/Our%20School/Parents%20Guide%20to%20Internet%20Safety.pdf

 

It would spend monies on furthering education on internet safety; enforcing the AFP's power to crack down on CP; and provide a free downloadable filter for families to use. They trialled the downloadable software, until it was revealed a young teenager had cracked it within 15 minutes. They abandoned it. 

 

Post 2007 election -- Labor got in and pushed ahead with their mandatory ISP-level internet filter and dumped the entire NetAlert policy in its entirety. http://www.news.com.au/technology/netalert-web-filters-dumped-over-holidays/story-e6frfro0-1111118667453

 

The Liberal party has always favoured opt-in and spending money educating parents on how to responsibly control their children's internet usage. They fucked up and immediately admitted it. What more can you want from a political party? 

 

 

I actually have no idea which one is Liberal and which one is Labor.

 

I'm just voting for the sex party cause I couldn't really give a crap

 
I hope you didn't vote for the Sex Party as their preferences were given to One Nation. 

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