Government to censor the Internet

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Originally Posted by SGB

And the reason is?

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I think that I know the reason.

However they don't deserve any support after the way this Labor Government has behaved. The reason we elected them was to move away from the crap we saw with the Liberals but it seems that the then 'alternative' government was just another flavor of extreme right.

Just like the Howard Government, the ALP gave us a lot promises for reform and forward moving policies but just like their predecessors, as soon as they were elected, they forgot about all of that. They instead engaged in baseless popular symbolism which changes nothing and engaged in neocon policies which they never mentioned before the election but are now top priorities for them just how Howard sneaked in the GST after the election but never mentioned it before hand.

We have two extreme right parties in a two party system. There is something seriously wrong there.

although this board isnt meant for political discussion, I feel so cheated by this government, especially for supporting them and being naive enough to think they could make a change to how things are, for the younger generation. Ive since lost most of my faith in the two big political groups and dont believe i'll vote for either of them again.

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Originally Posted by SGB

And the reason is?

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Im just thinking of the children :p

No, i won't state my opinion for fear of making a political remark, which in turn would make it appear as though i was trying to talk about politics. Political discussion has no place on this forum.

But i did vote for Beast Machines Megatron

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Originally Posted by kup

I think that I know the reason.

However they don't deserve any support after the way this Labor Government has behaved. The reason we elected them was to move away from the crap we saw with the Liberals but it seems that the then 'alternative' government was just another flavor of extreme right.

Just like the Howard Government, the ALP gave us a lot promises for reform and forward moving policies but just like their predecessors, as soon as they were elected, they forgot about all of that. They instead engaged in baseless popular symbolism which changes nothing and engaged in neocon policies which they never mentioned before the election but are now top priorities for them just how Howard sneaked in the GST after the election but never mentioned it before hand.

We have two extreme right parties in a two party system. There is something seriously wrong there.

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Originally Posted by Dkaris

although this board isnt meant for political discussion, I feel so cheated by this government, especially for supporting them and being naive enough to think they could make a change to how things are, for the younger generation. Ive since lost most of my faith in the two big political groups and dont believe i'll vote for either of them again.

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Yeeeep, this right here.

Conroy's idiocy really knows no bounds -- he's just been caught censoring his ministerial website.

Conroy's website removes references to filter

Conroy censors own site?

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Originally Posted by kup

We have two extreme right parties in a two party system. There is something seriously wrong there.

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We consistently support a bunch of career politicians to tell us what to do. Of course theres something wrong here.

To anyone who's collecting signatures for EFA's physical petition, they need the signatures sent to them by March 10.

Petition Update

The Pirate Party is holding a meeting and attending an Anti-Censorship protest at Parra this Saturday:

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Hi all,

Sorry for the extremely late notice, but the Sydney meeting has been shifted forward to 11:00 AM on Saturday March 6. For those expecting travel a distance for the meeting, I apologise in advance.

The agenda remains the same, anyone can add to it as they please.

http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/index...eting_20100306

Some people have expressed an interest in attending both the Pirate Party meeting, and the anti-censorship action in Parramatta later that day and this is the main reason for the shift in time.

Hope to see you all there.

Rodney Serkowski
Party Secretary
Pirate Party Australia

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I am thinking of attending like last time. Anyone else want to join?

Labor to vote on ISP filter this fortnight

Net filters could put ISPs $1M out of pocket

Q&A with Kate Lundy

According to this article, it appears the net censorship legislation could be tabled by the end of next week.