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 »

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 »

The supposedly top secret list of banned internet web sites involved in the Australian Government's mandatory internet filtering trial has been leaked...on the internet. The secret list contains 2395 web pages declared 'illegal' by the Australian Communi… more »

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy appealed for people to have faith in politicians, in a bid to secure support for his mandatory internet filtering proposals. He accused opponents of producing 'conspiracy theories'. Even the Minister's rhetoric is s… more »

Mandatory internet filtering's propsects are dimming, as independent SA Senator Nick Xenophon reveals he is likely to vote against it, an SMH article reports. Just as the international limelight-seeking Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, c… more »