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Of all the moments of frustration in last night’s SBS program Insight — and there were many — the most revealing was from host Jenny Brockie. After almost an hour debating Internet “filtering”, Brockie said, “I’m still unclear about whether it works or whether it doesn’t work, as a system.” Thus begins my article in …
Senator Stephen Conroy has been sacked as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. According to early reports, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd remained tight-lipped when questioned about the reasons for Conroy’s departure. “Senator Conroy did a commendable job over the past 14 months, but it’s time for a change of direction”, he said. The …
If this report about Senator Stephen Conroy’s comments this morning is right, then he’s either completely out of touch with what actually happens in an ISP, or thoroughly disingenuous. In what was at times a heated morning at the CommsDay Summit in Sydney, Conroy told an overflowing room that the idea that iiNet “have no …
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Just when you thought you’d covered every possible angle… Wow, what a packed week for Senator Stephen Conroy, eh? I’m in Crikey today with a piece they’ve entitled Conroy’s really bad week #347: Classification Board website hacked. Which it was. And what a lovely new welcome message they had. This site contains information about the …
On Friday I recorded an interview with The Greens’ Senator Scott Ludlam about the leaking of a “secret” Internet censorship blacklist. A few quotes were used in my Crikey piece. Here’s the full audio, just under 5 minutes. Ludlam reckons Conroy should dump the filter trials and ask the industry for advice. After all, there’s …
When I saw the photograph of Senator Stephen Conroy accompanying yesterday’s ABC News piece about the leaked blacklist, I couldn’t help but notice the similarity. Sorry, Senator. (AAP: Alan Porritt, file photo)