The Age writes that the ALP’s mandatory filtering scheme now faces a concerted backlash by the internet industry and opposition senators. Conroy has hit back though! He says he will accept some debate (yep some) around what should and should not be on the internet and that he’s not a wowser.
Rewind. “Accept some debate“? You tried to stop Mark Newton from even criticising the plan when all of his concerns were valid.
Conroy also says he’s not trying to build the Great Wall of China. “We are not trying to be Saudi Arabia, and to say that is to simply misrepresent the Government’s position.”
However, the Greens say it’s misguided and daft. I tend to agree.
The ALP has hit a hurdle alright. A hurdle in the form of 21 million Australians.
