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• ISPs on the filter: Who's for, who's against

  ZDNet.com.au this week contacted all of Australia's largest ISPs regarding their stances on the government's internet filter. Almost every ISP supported the measure in some way, but iiNet and Internode were ambiguous in their responses.

• Telstra timing worries Optus

  Optus is concerned the Rudd government may baulk at breaking up Telstra and risk upsetting its 1.4 million shareholders in an election year.

• Nextgen scores $200m Defence deal

  Leighton subsidiary Nextgen Networks' longhaul carriage network will expand further after it has won a $200 million deal with Defence to supply it high capacity transmission services.

• WA looks to create govt CIO

  The Western Australian Government is currently considering forming new chief information officer and chief technology officer roles to guide the government through service modernisation.

• First Labor politician breaks filter ranks

  New South Wales upper house member Penny Sharpe has become the first Labor figure to publicly criticise Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announced plans for internet filtering legislation.

• 2010 brings one Human Services IT shop

  Human Services Minister Chris Bowen has announced a reform of the human services portfolio which includes consolidating the IT function of its constituent agencies.

• Abbott drawn into filter debate

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has today fended off questions regarding his stance on the government's legislation for mandatory internet service provider filtering.

• 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.

• Optus supports ISP filter

  Optus pledged support for the government's ISP filter in a statement yesterday, claiming that the policy was consistent with the telco's belief that "the internet should be a place where Australians can browse and express themselves freely and safely".

• NBN Co hires Service Stream founder

  The company delivering the Federal Government's National Broadband Network has appointed former Service Stream chief executive and founder Patrick Flannigan as its head of construction.

• Lundy: My filter views 'well known'

  Labor Senator Kate Lundy has backed away from directly commenting on the government's internet filtering policy, saying her views on the subject are "well known".

• Google slams 'heavy-handed' filter

  Google Australia posted a statement today on its official blog calling the government's ISP filter "heavy handed" and outlining the search giant's concerns about the scope of filtered content.

• Pirate Party, Greens battle Conroy's filter

  Pirate Party Australia has expressed its disgust at Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announcement of legislation to make internet service provider level filtering necessary, while the Greens have vowed to attack the legislation in the Senate.

• Do you support a mandatory internet filter?

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced a plan yesterday to introduce mandatory internet filtering legislation in the middle of year. Industry has welcomed the policy and Twitter has exploded in fury, but what do you think?

• Industry welcomes filter policy

  Many in the internet industry have welcomed Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's filter report and his draft legislation to make internet service provider (ISP) level filtering mandatory, with only a few voices criticising the plan.

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