Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Senator Conroy may not be Santa Claus, but he knows when you've been bad! According to our favourite babysitter in Canberra, his planned national broadband network will mean we'll see an increase in cyber-bullying and other bad behaviour online:
"With the development and roll-out of Labor's national broadband scheme, we expect ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Safety and Education | 3 Comments »
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Cops have investigated a Henson triptych of a building's exterior which hangs in a minister's office at Parliament House. Those dirty, obscene building exteriors.
Department of Parliamentary Services, Alan Thompson, told the media
"Our general impression is they simply had a list of places that might have Bill Henson works."
Good ...
Posted in Art Censorship | No Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The Classification Board is investigating news media websites who published photographs taken by Bill Henson. The case was referred to them by the ACMA, but it's unknown whether a complaint was made by a member of the public (maybe a revolted PM?) or the ACMA took it upon themselves.
So on ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Sam Newman has been temporarily boned by Nine after his recent on screen antics angered AFL execs and a group of women footballers. Nine says he came back to work after having surgery way too soon. Watch the clips below:
Cheryl Laredo comments on News.com.au:
'So what excuse does Channel Nine offer ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Even if you support Senator Conroy's plan to introduce mandatory ISP filtering in Australia, you have to admit it has little to do with 'cyber-safety'. Actually, Conroy's entire cyber-safety initiative may have little do with safety or protecting children.
Irene Graham writes:
The Federal Government's 'Cyber-safety Plan' Budget 2008-2012, announced on 14 ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I don't need to fill you in on today's events involving artist Bill Henson. I have little to add to the debate that hasn't already been said and Peter Craven, the founding editor of Quarterly Essay, puts it much more eloquently than I ever could anyway.
All I ask is when ...
Posted in Art Censorship | 6 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Those wacky family groups are at it again. This time it's over a Vodka Cruiser promotion where customers at thirteen liquor outlets across Sydney were given free condoms and the chance to win a pole dancing kit.
Angela Conway from the Australian Family Association told the media that the offer was ...
Posted in Panic, Politicians and Prudes | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Some adults are offended by seeing other adults have sex (creating offspring must be such a dreadful task...). But are those same people representative of broad community values and standards? The Federal Court says yes.
Adult Shop has lost a legal battle to have an X18+ rating overturned for the adult ...
Posted in Film Censorship | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Senator Conroy has announced those who will assist the Government as part of his Cyber-Safety Consultative Working Group, but has the group been designed from the get-go to be in favour of mandatory ISP filtering.
When you consider people like Anthony Pillion, manager of filtered Australian ISP Webshield, and Child Wise ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Safety and Education | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
UPDATE 21/05/08: Bob Bain's recap is online. Read it here. Audio here.
Catharine Lumby will speak at a Sydney Institute event this Tuesday about her new book The Porn Report. Lumby co-authored the report on Australia's production and consumption of pornography with Alan McKee of QUT and Kath Albury of UNSW.
Venue: ...
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