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Australian “progressives” advocate internet censorship

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

In Australia, as in Canada, “liberals”, far more than conservatives, promote restrictions on free expression and the free flow of information.
The Australian left isn’t saying much about it, so it falls to the libertarians at Britain’s spiked to spread the news: The proposed scheme to impose compulsory filtering on Australia’s internet originated with “progressive” Clive [...]

Australian teachers told not to mark with red pen

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Red ink is too “aggressive”.  It might offend the kids’ delicate sensibilities.
Queensland’s Deputy Opposition Leader Mark McArdle told parliament today that teachers were being advised to reconsider their pen choice because it may offend children.
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“Given your 10-year-old Labor government presides over the lowest numeracy and literacy standards of any state in Australia, don’t you think [...]

Australia’s internet filter could cut speed by 60%

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Australia’s proposed nation-wide compulsory internet filter will cause a major reduction in web access speeds.  Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is the point man for mandatory internet censorship down under.
The key shortcoming is ISP filtering will slow down the web to all Australians by as much as 60 per [...]

Sometimes it’s impossible to avoid offending someone

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A provincial government in Australia wants to re-name a mountain that has an allegedly offensive name.  Some aboriginals, however, find the proposed new name equally as offensive.
AN Aboriginal group plans to sue the Victorian Government for ignoring its heritage in the renaming of Mount Niggerhead, a mountain in the Alpine National Park.
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State Environment Minister Gavin [...]

Australia to get compulsory internet censorship

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Is another Western democracy about to sacrifice freedoms of speech and the press to government nannies?
THE Federal Government is planning to make internet censorship compulsory for all Australians and could ban controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia.
Australia’s level of net censorship will put it in the same league as countries including China, Cuba, Iran and [...]