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A well written article. From my understanding, it is largely Senator Conroy who is trying push this through (for reasons I cannot fathom). It has been noted th
by pgr 17y ago
A well written article.
From my understanding, it is largely Senator Conroy who is trying push this through (for reasons I cannot fathom). It has been noted that if the current Australian government were to be replaced by the opposition, the Minister for Communications would have to be replaced. Helen Coonan (the past Liberal Senator responsible for it) was also in charge of implementing a filtering scheme - http://www.netalert.gov.au/ http://www.netalert.gov.au/ (The state of that link will inform you how successful that was.)
I'm uncertain whether replacing Conroy would curb internet filtering in Australia, or merely change it's focus once more.
- ben_h 17y agoSpeculation, but I think it makes sense: http://blog.acooper.org/2009/12/speculation-the-real-villain-behind-the-clean-feed/ http://blog.acooper.org/2009/12/speculation-the-real-villain... tl;dr: Labor are using the filter as a political means to an end, to court the conservative Christian senator Steve Fielding's vote on the ETS (Fielding is more or less a climate change sceptic). Fielding, along with independent Nick Xenophon, hold disproportinate power in the Senate.
- anamax 17y ago> Fielding, along with independent Nick Xenophon, hold disproportinate power in the Senate. Isn't this (parties with a couple of representatives holding the balance of power) a consequence of proportional representation? I mention PR because it is often touted as a solution to US problems.