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.