they looked forward to working with the newly-elected Government on many issues of interest to Christians.

He added that it was encouraging to see the willingness with which both sides of politics engaged with the Christian constituency during the 2010 Federal election.

Mandatory ISP-level Filter: We are absolutely opposed to it no uncertain terms

The different ranges of censorship for different types of technology [means] we need a total overhaul of the way we deal with classification and censorship in Australia

Ms Gillard also wouldn't say whether another election could be called if agreement could not be reached with the independents.

"There is obviously going to be speculation . . . my view is the focus is on stable government,"

Labor was hopeful of holding 73 seats in the 150-seat Parliament, and as many as 74, with only a few hundred votes to decide the final outcome.

Australia's biggest internet providers begin blocking an Interpol list of child abuse websites,

This filtering scheme – voluntary for ISPs but not users - is much milder than the mandatory filtering policy proposed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy,

Optus said it was in the process of implementing blocks of Interpol's list for its customers but had not yet committed to filtering ACMA's list

Now, Australia is planning to bring the strictness with which they view films and television to the Internet.

Content that will be banned from cyberspace ranges from child pornography to discussions on euthanasia.

 There is also new legislation that is being pushed by the Labor government to compel ISPs to keep track of the activities of their subscribers. It has been alleged that the government is trying to get a hold of the web browsing history of its citizens.

a co-ordinated protest raid against Australia’s ban on small breasts and proposed introduction of Internet censorship.

According to their live IRC chat, the attack may have started to wane due to a lack of numbers.

Editors Note to News Corp: the last time I wrote about a raid like this, you published defamatory stories suggesting this site was behind it; so just to be clear here: this is called reporting with some basic fact checking, something your organization is incapable of at the best of times.

The voluntary filtering being introduced by some of Australia’s major internet service providers (ISPs) is on shaky legal ground

content filters based on Interpol’s blacklist of child exploitation material rather than the relevant portions of the blacklist that  continues to be compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

But is that the way we make laws? We just leave the commercial sector to do its own thing?

the criteria of filtering 500 websites is that they contain or might contain Refused Classification (RC)

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Mr. Conroy (father of Australian Firewall)