I know that politics is a Hotly debated subject and arguments can break out before people realise so with that being said SGB, please don't think I'm trying to start one when I say this:

If Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hasn't mentioned it during question time, hasn't stated that he himself has come up with a policy to ("directly" <- lol) combat Child Pornography and has only mentioned that he has no apologies for the policy in one media based situation, how do you know that it is indeed the PM's policy?

Do you have any sources that state this? I'm just curious because I'd like to read/hear it as I personally have no problem with the Policy so long as it is constructed and implemented properly and only performs what it was originally intended to do.

I would not be surprised if it was the Prime Minister's policy, at least it may of been in the beginning but as it is Senator Conroy's portfolio, I can guarantee you that since it has fallen into to Senator Conroy's hands the Filters scope has gone from only Child Pornography to whatever the Government, or at least Senator Conroy's departments, deems as "dangerous material" which is why we are seeing such appalling amounts of legitimate sites being blocked and disgusting impacts on data transfer speeds.

I agree that the preliminary tests of the filter have been far less than welcoming and that Australia's rank of 58 in a survey of the world's average connection speeds is only going to get worse if the internet filter is implemented, but if we are to hang someone for these atrocities against Freedom of Speech and an Australian Adult's right to choose what information they see and how quickly that they receive it, then I think we can all agree that we should make sure we reprimand the right person.

At the end of the day I believe a filter that prevents access to known and unknown Child Pornography websites should be implemented, so long as the filter does just that and only that but ask anybody in the I.T. field and they'll tell you, "If there is a Will there is a Way" and in I.T. there is always a way to get around even the heaviest of security measures.