Adam Graham

For starters, congratulations to the ministerial team who dared to try something 'modern' and talk to their constituents in a digital forum.

I speak as someone who has experienced a higher level of 'eGovenment' having lived in a technologically advanced country for the last 8 years.

There are several points I'd like to make clear to Minister Conroy and his team:
1) Australia's internet is one of the most expensive and prohibitive in the world. I pay about 4 times more for the same service (if you could call a Telstra connection a service) than I did whilst living overseas. I honestly suspect competition as being the reason. SAY NO TO TELSTA'S STRANGLEHOLD ON AUSTRALIA.
2) In countries I have lived, they don't make a big deal about new technology and the 'internet', they just get on with it and ensure that all demographics (those with not internet connection, those with some internet connection and those rely on their internet connection) are kept up to date with governmental topics, no-matter what the medium. The internet is not a big deal, just get on with it or Australia will be left behind
3) Censorship... It's a parents responsibility, it's an internet cafe's responibility if they wish, it is not up to 'big brother' or the 'nanny state' to look after us. Yes, our police cyber task force should be doing all they can to stop the proliferation of child pornography, but that is their job and I suspect that if we put the same amount of resources into these organisations, then we would see a greater prosecution rate for those who decide to pursue this perverted media.

I just hope that this government listens to the people rather than forcing their ideals and agendas. I'm not however holding my breath. 12 months in and I'm less than impressed. I'm as Australian as they come, but sometimes I wonder if my family and I would be better off overseas where we experienced an 'anti-nanny state' government.

Hopefully, Minister Conroy will take these bloggers views on board. He should, they are real opinions, by real people.