Reminder: Stop The Filter Rallies in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane Saturday

If you live in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane, a big reminder that if you can spare an hour or two tomorrow (Saturday March 6) there are Stop The Filter rallies in each city. Each rally is being ... continue

Australia Confirms Censorship Plans, Tells Fibs On The Filtering Trial

The Australian Government today confirmed that it would proceed with broadscale internet censorship in Australia following a trial into ISP based internet filtering. Delivered pre-Christmas so as to minimize debate on the plan, Reichsminister for censorship Stephen Conroy ... continue

Australian Government To Prohibit Infrastructure Competition for National Broadband Network

A document tabled by Stephen Conroy, Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy today shows that the Australian Government is considering crippling infrastructure competition in an attempt to make its National Broadband Network (NBN) viable. The ... continue

Confirmed: Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia

The Australian Minister for Censorship has today confirmed what I've been reporting for nearly two years: online adult games including Second Life will be banned in Australia. A spokesman for Censorship Minister Stephen "Goebbels" Conroy confirmed to Fairfax ... continue

Australia commits $43b to network that will be redundant before it’s finished

The Australian Government has committed AU$43 billion (US$30.4 billion) to rolling out a national broadband network (NBN) that will be redundant before it's finished in 2018. The NBN will be rolled out by the Australian Government directly, after ... continue

Google soon to be banned in Australia under draconian censorship laws

Recent action by the Australian Government may see Google and many other popular websites banned in Australia under existing censorship laws. Under the Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Act 2007 sites that link to content that is Refused ... continue

Australian Censorship Regime could block over 20 million websites: Testing therefore Useless

As the debate around the proposed Great Firewall of Australia censorship scheme in Australia continues, the Government's long awaited censorship trial is due to begin shortly. While some ISP's are participating only to prove that the filter is ... continue

Australian censorship minister tries to censor critic: time to go Conroy

Australia's ongoing debate over internet censorship has taken an interesting turn, with the Minister in charge of implementing internet censorship attempting to censor a critic of the Government's proposal. The Labor Government elected in late 2007 promoted a ... continue