Funding for the DBCDE’s cyber-safety plan (PDF, page 42) which includes mandatory ISP filtering remains relatively untouched in the latest Federal Budget.
Flick to page 22 of the 2009-10 DBCDE PBS 02 Section 1 (PDF, 139.7 kb) and you’ll see filtering remains part of the Government’s plan. Under initiatives continuing from previous years:
$125.8 million over four years was committed in 2008-09 for the Government’s Cyber-safety Plan. The plan includes a range of cyber-safety measures encompassing education, international cooperation, research, law enforcement and filtering
It’s also included as a deliverable on page 44 of 2009-10 DBCDE PBS 03 DBCDE section 2 (PDF, 164.6 kb):
Cyber-safety initiatives to inform and educate parents and children about the risks of internet use and provide internet safety advice, tools and online help to the Australian community, particularly parents, and education
resources to schools. Develop options for Government consideration of Internet Service Provider level filtering following the report of the current pilot. Providing moderation of the Youth Advisory Group online forum
Neither filtering or cyber-safety received a ministerial press release.
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Budget: Conroy’s Cyber Safety plan nets $126M, filtering included - Somebody Think Of The Children says:
May 12, 2009
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Simon says:
May 13, 2009
I guess they’re trying to keep it out of the media given that the response to their plans has been generally less than positive.
Glenn says:
May 13, 2009
I would rather see that $125.8 million be spent on health and education, not something that everybody does not want.
Brenda says:
May 13, 2009
They could certainly spend that money on ways to help parents educate children on net safety.
Cleanfeed ain’t it.
John says:
May 14, 2009
Here we are on the brink of an apparent economy crisis and our government is wasting our money away on controversial – and more-so superficial – subjects such as this Cleanfeed.
I think their priorities are a tiny bit scrambled to say the least.
Marc says:
May 14, 2009
If find it thoroughly irritating that the government cuts 13 million from Land and Water Australia (an environmental agency trying to reduce emissions yadda yadda yadda) effectively shutting down its important work yet sees fit to blow millions of dollars on system which will ultimately fail. Mis-management much?
Sheila says:
May 17, 2009
they’re the government – why do we expect anything more than stupidity from them? The moment they’re in power, that becomes ALL they care about, staying there.