Australian Internet Filtering - Action

Letters

• They do not need to be long elaborate letters to get your point across.
• A few lines that you disagree with the Government's mandatory filtering policy can be sufficient.

Premade Letters

• Mark Newton's Form letter response to Form letters
• Letter from Elias Bizannes to Senators

Who to contact

Standard

• Australian Labor Party Feedback form

• Contact Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

1. Parliamentary office

   Suite MG70

   Parliament House

   Canberra ACT 2600

   Tel: 02 6277 7480

   Fax: 02 6273 4154

   Ministerial office

   Level 4, 4 Treasury Place

   Melbourne Vic 3002

   Tel: 03 9650 1188

   Fax: 03 9650 3251

   Electorate office

   Suite 1B

   494 High St

   Epping Vic 3076

   Tel: 03 9408 0190

   Fax: 03 9408 0194

   Email

   minister@dbcde.gov.au

• Your local member for the House of Representatives
• Your State/Territory Senator

MPs with technical knowledge

• Dr Dennis Jensen
  • Liberal Party of Australia
  • BAppSc(RMIT), MSc(Melb), PhD(Monash)
  • Air traffic controller, 1983-86
  • Research scientist, CSIRO 95-99
  • Research scientist and defence analyst 1999-2004

• Mr Stuart Robert MP
  • Liberal Party of Australia
  • BA(Hons) (UNSW – ADFA), MBA (Central Queensland)
  • Masters in Information Technology, MIT (QUT).
  • Graduate Diploma in Information Analysis.
  • Founded an IT services firm that has since grown to a nationwide company. (Noted in BRW's Fast 100 list)

• Mr John Forrest
  • The Nationals
  • MSc(Aberdeen), BE(Melb), DipCivE
  • Design Engineer, State Electricity Commission, Victoria 1970-1980
  • Lecturer, Ballarat College of Advanced Education 1980 – 82
  • Consulting Engineering 1982 – 93

• The Hon Roger Price MP
  • Australian Labor Party
  • Has a Diploma in Technology (PubAdmin)(NSWIT)
  • Account Manager for Telecom Australia
  • Committee Member, Mt. Druitt Technical College Advisory Committee 1980-86
  • Chair, Ministerial Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Reform 90-91
  • Inaugural Chair, Parliamentary Education Office Advisory Committee 90-91
  • Memeber Presiding Officers' Information Technology Advisory Group from 1990.