Pete

Using the Filtering idea Senator Conroy may hope to pick up a few votes in his "electorate" (Victoria). Conservative groups who are ill at ease with the freedom of the internet and who seek to impose their concepts of righteous morality may give him the thumbs up.

However, we the majority of Australians recognise filtering for what it is: quaint, ineffective, expensive and Luddite. It will handicap the speed of Australia's internet just when we need speed for economic efficiency.

Rudd may think he can get away with this but we the voters won't forget how beholden Rudd is to a religious minority - how Rudd failed to represent the majority. It makes no difference if the Coalition decide to be beholden to the same vocal minority.

Conroy and Rudd - this will lose you more votes in the end. Stand up for Labor values - not for a minority of social conservatives.

Pete