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Vamps
How can you seriously ask this question when Conroy's ISP filters, the Great Australian Internet Potholes, have not been repudiated? Apparently you are not listening to industry or the folks here, and seek even more 'regulatory' potholes. Why not speak in terms of 'supportive' legislation as opposed to regulation? Why not cut to the chase and make all Australia's internet filtered through one big firewall like in Saudi Arabia, Iran or China. Then taxing and regulating foreign and local business would be a breeze, with the added bonus of controlling what Australians can and can't access on the net from one handy central, cost-effective location? Never mind that innovation and creativity thrive on freedom - the government could regulate and pander at will to whoever are its current pet corporations, religious freaks and secular wowsers.
