Neglected Voter

Its quite laughable that the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy can stress the importance of "how Australia's regulatory framework can enable the digital economy" when the Clean Feed has the potential to damage the overall digital economy (and, I might mention, real economy). In trials, the so called "Clean Feed" (whose accuracy I question) slowed the web down by an average of 30 per cent. Even if with the opt-out, a secondary filter will be in place that will slow down web traffic and no-doubt block legitimate websites (who I can only assume will remain blocked less they can "opt-in", pending some bureaucratic review process). Even when one factors in the national broadband network it seems unlikely that -long term- Australia can compete with its regional neighbors and, more importantly, the rest of the developed world. From my viewpoint, it appears that the government is actually placing obstacles in the way of "realising the full potential of Australia's digital economy". How can one use the web to "shrink physical distances and reduce existing market barriers" if the government places obstacles in the way of faster web speeds? Both in terms of e-commerce, and in terms of e-customers? This is not to mention the temptation that present and future governments might have to misuse the filter on political grounds without proper and active oversight. So far I have not heard adequate explanation from Conroy or from DBCDE on how this risk can be ameliorated in a timely manner.