Fielding forces filterted web access upon Senators
Family First’s Steve Fielding is at it again. According to Crikey, he’s convinced Senate President Alan Ferguson to filter every Senator’s Internet access at Parliament House (except the library). Why? To stop them looking at inappropriate content. Senator Lyn Allison says sites relating to reproductive health, the sexualisation of children, drug abuse and rehabilitation, the...
Officer please: Stephanie Rice FaceBook shots too hot for Swimming Australia
Photos on swimmer Stephanie Rice’s FaceBook profile have been deemed too raunchy for Swimming Australia. As a result, they’ve ordered all swimmers to make their Facebook pages private so only friends can view them. Talk about making a big deal out of nothing. Steph’s photos are extremely tame and are nothing more than shots of...
You can’t say c*nt in the kitchen
South Australian Liberal Party Senator, Cory Bernardi, has called for an examination into the effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice for radio and television. Why? Bernardi isn’t happy that the chef famous for swearing, Gordon Ramsay, swears on Australian TV. Supposedly, Channel 9 broadcast Ramsay saying cunt in an episode of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares...
Who ya gonna call? Fun Busters!
Kate Sikora from the Daily Tele asks how far do lobby groups, which claim to have childrens’ best interests at heart, want to go with curtailing any possible shred of fun our youth might have? If the fun police in this country have any more influence your only enjoyment looks like being allowed out of...
MySpace ALP All Stars: Conroy ain’t one of ’em
Remember before the election when all those Labor politicians joined MySpace and declared how ‘in touch’ they were with Australian youth. Each no doubt reveled in delight every time a 14 year old girl with purple hair added them as a friend. Some of those fine pollies even responded to people’s questions. It was a...
Just 800 websites on filtering trial blacklist
The most important news from today’s Senate estimates hearings was that the Tasmanian trial of ISP level filtering is using a blacklist containing just 800 URLs (the current ACMA blacklist). This is a miniscule number when you consider Senator Conroy expects his cleanfeed to blacklist not only illegal material, but also a large percentage of...
Senate Estimates Coverage: Conroy confirms commitment to mandatory filtering
Live coverage of the Senate Standing Committee (watch here): Senate Standing Committee update 1: Senator Conroy at 8:30PM (ACT Local Time) confirmed he is committed to introducing mandatory filtering at an ISP level. ISP filtering trials in Tasmania will end before June 30th and a ‘live trial’ will follow. Senate Standing Committee update 2: 8:48PM...
Pray for Stephen Conroy and Internet censorship
Those lovable oddballs at the Australian Prayer Network have a request: Pray for Stephen Conroy and pray his plans for Intenet censorship are a success. It’s a three step process and the APN make it easy with this short guide. Here’s what you need to pray for: Pray for Senator Conroy as he liaises with...
Senator Conroy to be interviewed on ABC this Sunday
Senator Conroy will be interviewed by finance journo Alan Kohler on the ABC’s Inside Business program this Sunday (10/02/2008) . It’s unlikely mandatory filtering will get much attention (if any), but it’ll be worth checking out just to hear Mr Conroy’s other plans for broadband and tech in this country. Inside Business is broadcast on...
