Monthly Archives: April 2010

Interesting Censorship Incident

I found it interesting that the article I linked to for my Communications Minister Wrong Again! entry yesterday, appears to have been quietly removed from the internet. Here is the exact same link again: Underbelly Breaks Laws on Child Sex It reveals a completely blank, white page. Clearly it has been taken down by The [...]

Communications Minister Wrong Again!

Throughout this entire internet filtering debate, everyone has heard Senator Conroy’s favourite sayings. You know, like “100% accurate”, and “you can’t buy this material on DVD, in bookstores, in newsagents, watch it in cinemas, or see it on television.” Oh really? What about this: Underbelly Breaks Laws on Child Sex There’s a few interesting quotes [...]

7:30 Report: Filter Criticism Growing

Opposition to Australia’s mandatory internet filtering is growing. I wonder what it is going to take to get Rudd and Conroy to finally listen? For a full transcript, click here.

Funny Tweet Spam

Was just trawling through my list of Twitter followers, and stumbled on this one – (clearly a spam account) – and a “visit to the doctor”: Can’t have gone too well at the doctor, I figure!

Cause and Effect: The Scope of Mandatory Filtering

I stumbled across a very apt blog post this morning in regards to what is becoming “our” internet filtering debacle, from Zoe Beaumont’s Naked Girl Blogs. The Dirty Deed Of Australia’s “Clean Feed” Mandatory Internet Filter It is important to understand the “persecute the many to prosecute the few” concept that she raises, and which [...]

That Old Brocky Magic

In what would turn out – (eventually) – to be Peter Brock’s ninth and last Bathurst win, here is some simply amazing footage of the man himself, displaying the absolutely superlative car control we always knew he had. After coming home third on the day, the “winning” and “second place” Eggenberger Texaco Ford Sierra’s were [...]

Scoreboard!

Three words – “Essendon defeated Carlton”. Kyle Reimers even had a chance to point out the condition of the scoreboard to Dennis Armfield, who felt it was a good idea to give Reimers a mouthful, even after kicking the match sealing goal!

Not Just Wrong About Filtering – Conroy Lies About It

The issue of the potential for a mandatory internet filter in Australia has shown itself to be highly emotive in recent times. Indeed, many people have taken many different stances on the whole debate, and it is probably fair to say nobody, not the least Stephen Conroy himself, have all the answers. Many have taken [...]