Australia Takes Further Step Towards Police State With Cyber Crime Proposals

An Australian Government committee has recommended the introduction of compulsory virus scanners on computers or users won't be allowed on the internet as part of an alleged crackdown on "cyber crime." The Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the ... continue

Australian Censorship Minister Claims People Under Attack From “Spams Through The Portal”

Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy has been caught out of his depth once again on all matters internet, managing to describe malware as "Spams or scams that come through the portal." In footage from an SBS News ... continue

How Wrong Is Net Censorship in Australia? The U.S. Government Is Officially Concerned About It

In a stunning blow to the growingly theocratic Australian Government, the United States Government has officially raised concerns about Australia's proposed internet filter. According to Australian media reports, the U.S. State Department has "raised...concerns on this matter with ... continue

Australian Government To Delay Internet Censorship Until After Next Election

In one of its most cynical moves yet, the Australian Government will delay the implementation of Internet censorship until after the next Australian Election. In a letter to an opponent of internet censorship, Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy ... continue

Anti-Conroy Campaigners Damage Australian Anti-Censorship Cause

I don't need to highlight the multiple posts here at The Inquisitr when it comes to my stance against Chinese style censorship in Australia; I'm a foundation member of the Pirate Parry in Australia despite previously swearing ... continue

The Kanye meme: the Inquisitr tech edition

The Kanye West meme is the fish many can't reject, so we thought we'd get in on the fun with some Inquisitr originals. Michael Arrington Mark Zuckerberg Marissa Mayer Stephen Conroy Ev Williams and Biz Stone continue

Epic Win: Australian Government to force wholesale separation of Telstra

The Australian Government has announced that it will force the wholesale separation of Telstra, Australia's former monopoly, and still dominate communications company. Stephen Conroy, best known outside of Australia for his moves to introduce Chinese style censorship, made ... continue

Australian Government may backflip on compulsory internet censorship

The Australian Government for the first time since their election may be considering optional internet censorship, the original policy they were elected on. Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy today (Tuesday local time) told a Senate estimates committee ... continue

Australian Censorship Minister advocates illegal taping of Internet Accounts

Controversial Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy is back in the news after mocking a company for not breaking the law. Conroy, speaking at the CommsDay Summit in Sydney Tuesday, mocked ISP iiNet over its defense in court ... continue

Wikileaks threatens Australian Minister over censorship list: Conroy could be jailed in Sweden

Wikileaks has upped the ante in its stoush with the Australia Government, warning that any attempts to find the source of the leaked censorship list would cause an international incident, and could see Australian Minister for censorship ... continue

Oz Wrap: TPN Broke, Wikileaks Censored, Fake Stephen Conroy outed

This is the first of our occasional posts on Australian web, tech and related news. TPN Broke: The Podcast Network, the first podcast network on the planet is in dire financial straights. The company is unable to ... continue

Australian Minister confirms legal content may be blocked by Censorship Regime

Despite saying previously that "unwanted" content would be included in the Great Firewall of Australia, Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy had also claimed that the proposed Internet censorship regime was focused on blocking "illegal sites." Until ... continue