This post talks about The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1990. It talks about the ineffectiveness of filtering software and the cost to Ausralia. Google Blog
The Australian Internet Industry has a list of 16 approved filters. However, testing by Computer Choice found that innocuous content, such as medical sites, were often blocked while some adult content passed through the filter.
The filtering software products are ineffective, and Australia cannot control websites hosted outside its borders.
Article on Australian Governement censoring websites. Spending $9.8 million. Possibly futile. Not many Australians enjoy a truly free online experience (only 21%).
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"Australia's off-line censorship laws are among the most restrictive in Western democracies and the Net censorship laws are more akin to those in totalitarian regimes than to those, if any, in other countries purporting to be Western democracies."
This is an article responding to popular FAQ's and conceptions about the 2010 Australian federal election. Clusty had assigned categories such as "politics", "Australian government", "Australian Labor Party", "democracy", and "government election."
links to http://leavethenetalone.wordpress.com/
coverage on the dabate from 2009 and looking at the responce from Aussie net-users on social media sites, and the reasons why it is happening.
The Australian government has stepped up its efforts to censor internet content, announcing on December 15 that it plans to introduce laws for mandatory filtering before next year's federal election. The measures would be activated in 2011 and force all Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block sites from a secret black-list maintained by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
The content on this site is aimed at Australian citizens who were overseas at the time of the election. It provides information about overseas polling places. Clusty assigned catergories such as "Australian Electoral Commission", "Australian government", "Prime Minister", "Australian Federal Election 2010" and "migration."
Australia has scored highly for internet freedom in its first appearance on a Freedom House report into 37 countries, but violation of user rights and lack of access for some users were cited as concerns.