As PM Kevin Rudd announced the first regional towns to get broadband would be in marginal seats in Tasmania, the Opposition was still being asked to pay almost $24,000 to find out - under freedom of information provisions - why and how the Government dec… more »

The Chinese Government appears to have backed down in the face of public opposition to its proposed mandatory installation of censorship software on all new computers from 1 July 09. The Chinese Government is making the software optional instead, The Gua… more »

We need a simple guide from the federal government, online, so your average Australian can know what is acceptable and what's not in everything from pornography to copyright. 'We need road signs, not secret blacklists', Myles Peterson says. What constit… more »

Minister Conroy and PM Rudd beware! The campaign against mandatory internet filtering (backed by the web-savvy generation) is starting to merge with the campaign for euthanasia reform (run by the growing grey-power crowd, who want control over their fina… more »

"...technology alone will never provide enough protection," a children's website moderator says. "Kids will find a way to communicate," she says, "and you can't block every word in the dictionary." Read more about kids' beha… more »