Stories about: Electronic Frontiers Australia

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    Australians want R18+ classification 08/12/2010 17:01:00

    An overwhelming majority of Australians want governments to change classification laws to allow for the sale of R18+ video and computer games.
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    Attorney-General overwhelmed by support for R18+ games classification 01/12/2010 14:12:00

    Some 98.2 per cent of individual submissions responding to the federal government’s R18+ computer games classification discussion paper support the introduction of an adult rating for games, according to the Attorney-General’s Department.
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    Filter an example of Rudd's Whitlamesque stupidity: ISP chief 06/08/2010 13:18:00

    Reactions to Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey's startling revelation last night that the Coalition would vote against Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy -- likely dooming it to fail -- continued to roll in this morning, including one from outspoken filter opponent and Exetel chief John Linton.
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    'Please explain', Conroy tells Hockey on filter 06/08/2010 09:06:00

    The office of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has challenged Shadow Treasurer to explain the Coalition's opposition revealed this afternoon to Labor's controversial internet filter policy.
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    Federal Opposition to block Labor's Internet filter 06/08/2010 09:04:00

    Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey last night revealed the Coalition would block Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy in parliament, in a move that will signal the death of the controversial project if the Greens control the balance of power in the Federal Senate after the election.
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    Greens slam 'extraordinary' OzLog secrecy 23/07/2010 14:36:00

    Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam has described as "extraordinary" a decision by the Federal Attorney-General's Department to black out the majority of its response to a freedom of information request filed by the Sydney Morning Herald on its controversial data retention proposal, known as 'OzLog'.
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    Mixed reactions to Internet filter delay 12/07/2010 11:16:00

    There were mixed reactions from politicians, industry and lobbyists on Friday to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's revelation that the Government's controversial internet filtering legislation would be delayed for a year while a review was held into the Refused Classification category of content which the filter would block.
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    Aussie parents not doing enough to protect their kids online 17/03/2010 16:36:00

    Microsoft released research today showing that the majority of Australian parents take little to no precautions to protect their children
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    Strange bedfellows: Sex and IT unite to stop Net censorship 14/01/2009 11:15:00

    Who would have thought the government's proposed Internet filtering scheme would bring together so many disparate groups all united in their opposition to mandatory censorship?
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    Protests make clean-feed Internet a mess for govt 15/12/2008 09:41:00

    Protests erupted across Australian capital cities on Saturday in opposition to the government's $70 million national clean feed Internet scheme, which will impose blanket content filtering for all Web connections.
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    Businesses get green light on IM interception 14/04/2008 19:21:33

    Businesses will be able to intercept e-mail and instant messaging communications under proposed changes by the federal government to prevent data leakage.
 
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