Video: Conroy defends internet filter

video In this video, Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam asks Communications Minister Stephen Conroy to justify his comments that Sweden, the UK, Canada and New Zealand have mandatory internet filtering systems similar to the one proposed for Australia.

"Can the minister explain why he made this statement, in light of the fact that in not one of those countries is the filtering system mandatory, and the filtering systems in those countries are entirely voluntary, if they exist at all?" asked Ludlam.

In his response, Conroy pointed out the filtering scheme was only one facet of the Government's cyber-safety plan.

"I can assure the senator that the Government will implement the ISP-filtering component of this policy in a considered and consultative way," the minister adds.

The video appears to have been filmed by the Parliament of Australia and uploaded to YouTube this week.