The Greens will not support the Government’s net censorship proposal according to News.com.au. Bob Brown told ABC TV “We’re very, very concerned that there’s going to be a unnecessary clamp down on the internet and it has to be watched.” He said Ludlam is working very hard with community groups in Australia to oppose the current proposals by the Government.
5 comments
James says:
Nov 25, 2008
This is great news.
Now we just need to wait for the coalition to decide what to do
Lance says:
Nov 25, 2008
Last response I got from Senator Simon Birminghams (Liberal, SA) office was that they are waiting for more information on what will be in the bill before deciding their opinion.
The same with Senator Nick Xenophon. His offices response was different from the standard belief the he actually wants to add to the list of sites blocked, though they did seem more concerned that the filtering wouldn’t work correctly rather than the fact there would be filtering.
Just because the Greens are on-side isn’t a reason to stop telling all the other Senators in your state to oppose the filter.
Sean the Blogonaut says:
Nov 25, 2008
I Agree with Lance, we really need to press home the important facts about the issue. Leave them in no doubt as to what we think, and how we vote.
JimJim says:
Nov 25, 2008
Bet the Coalition end up supporting it. This sort of stuff is right up their conservative alley, their (alleged) ‘liberal’ leanings notwithstanding.
Yes, it is true that they decided against internet censorship when in office, but that was for purely technical reasons, not political, philosophical, or moral ones.
They would also be very happy for Labor to take the blame for any failure to introduce such a scheme. Takes the moral heat off them from their own supporters.
Libs shoot down filtering plan: ‘Misguided and deeply unpopular’ - Somebody Think Of The Children says:
Nov 25, 2008
[...] Greens announced their opposition to filtering this morning and now the Liberals Shadow Comms Minister Nick Minichin has issued a press release [...]