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NH: Abbott's Internet Filter situation

The Situation, this wasn't just a gaffe. Some people within the Libs deliberately tried to sneak this through just before the election. Yes it has been corrected, but only because people made a fuss about it. Otherwise, this would be Lib policy right now and the wowsers on the religious right would've been able to claim a mandate to introduce it after the election.

I'm glad people have pulled them up on this. Fortunately Turnbulll is in charge of this portfolio and we know from his past criticism of Conroys filter that he is opposed to blanket censorship. I'd say he'd have good reason to be pretty angry right now because its very clear that someone has changed the policy without informing his office and he has had to go on radio to spruik a policy he would never have agreed with! I'll be watching with interest after the election to see if Fletcher keeps his job assisting Turnbull!

From Malcolm Turnbull's Facebook page:

"The Coalition has never supported mandatory internet filtering. Indeed, we have a long record of opposing it and supporting Internet freedom.

The policy released today wrongly indicated we supported an opt out system of internet filtering. That is not our policy and never has been.

The correct position is that the Coalition will encourage mobile phone and internet service providers to make available software which parents can choose to install on their own devices to protect their children from inappropriate material."

Seems pretty clear to me.

Really? Who cares if it's voluntary or not? So it means you can't check out imagefap.com until you lift the filter. At least the government isn't sending your emails and phone logs to the NSA.