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  • Constitution opened filter door: Expert

    Australia's lack of constitutionally guaranteed rights made a much higher level of censorship possible in Australia than in other democracies, constitutional law expert Professor George Williams said today.

  • Conroy's big red button: Caption contest

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.

  • Conroy hosts tea for Telstra, CDMA alarmists

    Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, hosted a meeting of high-level Telstra executives and industry figures this morning, with the intention of abating concerns over the migration from CDMA to Next G.

  • Minchin gets shadow broadband job

    Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull today dumped Bruce Billson and appointed long-time Howard finance and administration minister and party heavyweight Nick Minchin to the shadow broadband and digital economy portfolio.

  • Federal govt knocks back Aussie games industry

    The Australian games industry's call for an investment rebate on a par with what is offered to the local film industry has been rejected by the federal government. In response, the industry is starting a petition to mobilise local support.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?

    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy scraps filter blacklist

    Communications minister Stephen Conroy today announced the controversial web filtering blacklist will be scrapped and be replaced with a whitelist-based filtering regime, to be administered by viewer voting through a family-friendly digital TV-only show called 'The White List'.

Features and Case Studies (7)

  • An open letter to Stephen Conroy

    As a veteran IT security consultant with first-hand experience working at two of Australia's largest ISP/telcos, encompassing the installing and configuration of many of the filtering technologies currently on the market, I am writing to express my deep concerns about your proposed internet filter.

  • Stephen Conroy's stab in the dark

    The Federal Government's committal to spend up to $43bn of taxpayer funds without rigorous and detailed analysis and economic modelling of the National Broadband Network is simply extraordinary.

  • When will Conroy release filter report?

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will likely release a censored version of Enex Testlabs' report into the technical feasibility of ISP-level internet filtering, in an attempt to minimise the fallout on his political career.

  • Conroy's big red button: Caption contest

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.

  • 10 ideas for Australian ICT policy

    There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.

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