Shane Sody

The Minister is (or should be) getting advice that net filtering (a) won't work and (b) will have negative impacts on internet speeds. He is however, committed to some form of filtering as a political necessity. Therefore, the political reality is that the Minister needs to come up with an alternative policy to achieve similar goals. May I suggest that the Government offers a subsidy for consumers who wish to purchase one of the commercially-available filtering programs e.g. Cybersitter. This would be more directly-targeted and workable for those who want it - and allow the Government to save face politically.