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2006

• A study on server based internet filters | Performance Graphs - NetAlert - 2006
• Giants say no to porn filter trial - AustralianIT - 18 Apr 2006

2007

• Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children - ABC - 31 Dec 2007

Early 2008

• Australia's plans to filter Internet under fire - The Age - 02 Jan 2008
• Stephen Conroy wades into child porn net flood - AustralianIT - 08 Jan 2008
• Web porn software filter a dud - The Age - 17 Feb 2008
• Costs threaten NetAlert - AustralianIT - 26 Feb 2008
• Govt sticks to guns on internet porn filters - ABC - 06 Mar 2008

13 - 20 October 2008

• No opt-out of filtered Internet - Computerworld - 13 Oct 2008
• No opt-out of filtered Internet - http://webwereld.nl/articles/53127/no-opt-out-of-filtered-internet.html webwereld (Netherlands) - 14 Oct 2008
• Interview With Media Contact For Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy Regarding Australian Internet Filter - Tech Wired Australia - 17 Oct 2008
• Oz watchdogs howl over 'Cyber-Safety' net filter - The Register - 17 Oct 2008
• Australian Internet Filtering Plan Gets More Ridiculous - Broadband DSLReports.com - 17 Oct 2008
• Australia embraces web censorship - Global Voices Advocacy - 17 Oct 2008
• Australia to get mandatory internet filter - Guru3d - 18 Oct 2008
• Hansard 20/10/08 Committee Transcript - Fingerpuppetmafia aph.gov.au - 20 Oct 2008

24 October 2008

• The high price of internet filtering - ABC - 24 Oct 2008
• Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics - SMH - 24 Oct 2008
• Read this while you can | Andrew Bolt blog - Herald Sun - 24 Oct 2008
• Australian Govt's Plan to Censor the Internet is stricter than 'Iran' - Zero Paid

25 - 27 October 2008

• Australia trials national net filters - BBC - 25 Oct 2008
• Australia trials Internet filtering - what happened to person choice? - TECH.BLORGE.com 26 Oct 2008
• Let's just file that idea away under naivety - SMH - 27 Oct 2008
• Net filters may block porn and gambling sites - The Age - 27 Oct 2008
• SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering - IT News - 27 Oct 2008
• Who censures the censor? | Simon Hackett - Business Spectator - 27 Oct 2008
• Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage - ZDNet Australia - 27 Oct 2008
• Minister under fire: IT Professionals say net filtering won't work - ITWire - 27 Oct 2008
• Stranglehold on the internet - AdelaideNow - 27 Oct 2008
• Interview with ‘Bullied’ Network Engineer on Australian Gov’t Net Filters - Network Performance Blog - 27 Oct 2008
• Australia readies mandatory Internet filter - The Argosy - 27 Oct 2008
• Freedom of speech depends on the right choices | Editorial - The Age
• Filtering out our freedom - Adelaide Now
• Australia now wants to ban Internet porn - The Inquirer - 27 Oct 2008
• Proposed Aussie Bans Generating Heat - Online-Casinos.com
• Push to censor online gambling, porn - LiveNews - 27 Oct 2008

28 October 2008

• SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering - CRN Australia
• Editorial | Freedom of speech depends on the right choices - The Age - 28 Oct 2008
• Australia's Internet filter: could legal content be banned, too? - Ars Technica - 28 Oct 2008
• Greens, independents cautious on Conroy's proposed Internet filters - CommsDay.com

29 October 2008

• Is internet censorship ever ok? - 7 Sunrise - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia's compulsory internet filtering 'costly, ineffective' - News.com.au - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia's compulsory internet filtering 'costly, ineffective' - AustralianIT
• In Australia's muddy Internet waters, you don't know what's being filtered - IT World Canada - 29(28) Oct 2008
• All stars - internet censorship | 7 Sunrise - 7 Sunrise (Video)
• No opting out of Australian plan to censor websites - Courier Mail
• Australian internet filter to be compulsory - perth now
• New internet filter imposed on all web surfers - Courier mail
• Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship - Herald Sun
• Adult Australians don't need a net nanny - Courier Mail
• Tech giants join move to protect freedom of speech online - SMH
• The push to gag the internet - Same Same 29 Oct 2008
• Senator Conroy responds to net filter fears - 7 Sunrise
• Q&A: Clearswift CTO - ZDNet Australia
• Here comes the filternet - MCV
• Internet censorship fears - Sydney Star Observer (SSO)
• EFA's Dale Clapperton on Sunrise - 7 Sunrise (YouTube)
• 3AW | Media Talk on Internet censorship | Derryn Hinch - 3AW (Windows Media Audio)
• Democracy and censorship - SMH - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia Plans to Block online casinos - Online Casino News
• In Australia's muddy Internet waters, you don't know what's being filtered - ITWorld Canada
• Australia Plans Internet Filters to Block Online Casinos and More - Online Casino Advisory
• Australian push to block porn and gambling sites - Legalbrief Today (South Africa)
• Australia readies mandatory Internet filter - The Argosy (Canada)
• SAGE-AU calls for open talk on internet censorship - Electronics News

30 October 2008

• Internet screen move hits hurdle - The Age

Blogs

• Senator Kate Lundy | Internet content Parent Education is the key - Kate Lundy blog - 19 March 2003
• Australia's Clean Feed Broken | Posters - Off Topic with Ashley
• More developments on internet filtering: the religious connection | Evolving Thoughts: John S. Wilkins - Evolving Thoughts

Mention Worthy Quotes

"It is not the function of Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error."
- Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Statesman