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A letter to Senator Conroy

Please write a letter to the Minister responsible for the internet, Hon Senator Stephen Conroy.

If you are inside Victoria, he is your representative, and you can write a slightly different letter, a constituent letter (that means he represents you in Parliament - and you can phone him, FREE, on 1300 131 546 and put your view to him not to introduce mandatory internet filtering).

If you live in Victoria, hence Senator Conroy is your senate representative, your draft letter could be:
Your Name   
Your Address   
Date   

Hon Senator Stephen Conroy
PO Box 1067
Epping MDC Vic 3076

Dear Senator Conroy

I write to ask you, as a Senator representing me in the Australian Parliament, to vote against mandatory filtering of the internet feeds to Australians.

I believe your publicly-stated position is wrong in principle, for these reasons:

  • There should not be mandated internet control over adult Australians;
  • The government has no place picking which sites adults may access;
  • Your position is anti-democratic;
  • What starts with 1000 sites will expand to hundreds of thousands within just a few years; and
  • What starts with porn sites will expand into what government doesn't want people to know.
    • You cannot hold back the ‘internet’ – a ‘live’ entity – that self-repairs, so your efforts are both wrong in principle and dumb in reality.

    I do not wish you to waste my taxpayer funds on an exercise of futility. Instead, give parents the choice to install filtering software on their communication systems to protect their children: fund them to do so, or provide tax relief if they do so.

    Yours Sincerely,

    XXXX XXXXXX

    Copy:

    CensorFREE
    PO Box 7438, Fisher ACT 2611

    For those living outside Victoria you can write to Senator Conroy in his capacity as the responsible Minister.

    A proposed letter for those living outside Victoria:
    Your Name   
    Your Address   
    Date   

    Minister for Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy
    Senator Stephen Conroy
    Suite MG7
    Parliament House
    Canberra ACT 2600

     Dear Minister

    I write to request that you do not introduce mandatory internet filtering.

    The Labor Party promised to introduce an ‘opt-in’ system of internet filtering to protect children from pornography. I support that.

    What you are proposing now is a mandatory – or censoring – system whereby you and/or bureaucrats will take away my freedom of choice in relation to communications, and arbitrarily interfere with my privacy, home and correspondence. You have no right to do that.

    Article 12 , Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home  or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has  the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

    Australia is a signatory to the UDHR.

    You can easily achieve your stated aims of protecting children by other means:

    • provide software free to parents who choose to install it; and/or
    • allow a tax deduction for parents who choose to buy and install software.

    You do not have to interfere with my freedom of choice if you simply assist those who want filtering software, and who freely choose to install it.

    As a citizen of Australia, I require that you, as an appointed Minister, dt not install internet filtering in any way than under an opt-in system, where my rights and freedoms are maintained.

    Yours Sincerely,

    XXXX XXXXXX

    Copy:

    CensorFREE
    PO Box 7438, Fisher ACT 2611

    Remember to include CensorFree on your letter and posted/email us a copy.

    If you wish you can also provide a copy to Shadow Minister for communications to ensure that the opposition parties understand your concerns. Senator Minchin is the shadow minister whose address is:

    Hon Senator Minchin
    Parliament House
    Canberra ACT 2600

    His electoral office is in South Australia.