Mick

On the one hand the Government is promoting a new, fast broadband network and on the other hand they want to cripple it with policy! That said, the real issue is not one related to technical matters but rather the underlying issue of censorship. We look at many countries (such as China, North Korea, etc.) and blast them for not giving their citizens free access to the wider world. Our solution? To join them! Furthermore preventing access to sites containing material does not put a halt to the activity. Children will still be photographed. Peodophiles will still find a way to look at the photos. Why not treat the cause instead of the symptom? Does a falling tree make a noise if there is no one there to hear it? Of course it does. Hiding a crime does not make it go away. Removing it from the public eye just makes us think it has and we will forget about it. Making it hard to access questionable material won't cure the problem, it just forces shady characters to use means to disguise their activities. Oh wait, they are already doing this. Seems to me the filter will punish those doing the right thing by slowing their access while those doing the wrong thing will just continue to do so. Bravo Conroy, bravo Labor. Or should I say Nanny Conroy and Nanny Labor because that's what we are moving to - a Nanny state.