Govt to postpone net filtering till after election: prediction

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today welcomed survey results showing Australian Internet users might not vote Labor again at the next election due to Internet filtering.

Any hope that a returned Gillard Labor Government will implement mandatory ISP-level internet filtering has further diminished with the Greens rejecting the proposal as part of its cyber safety election policy

Think the filter is dead, just because it's delayed? Think again -- this is a tactic to get 'a clear mandate' at the next election to implement it. "Vote Labor, vote filter."

Legislation supporting Labor's mandatory internet filtering project may not hit parliament until mid-2013, according to advice provided to Stephen Conroy by his department -- a timeframe which may make it an issue in the next election.

Communications minister Stephen Conroy says nobody from the US government has voiced their concerns over internet filtering to him, contrary to reports.

The Greens have ratcheted up pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to dump the controversial internet filtering policy ahead of the looming Federal election, saying it is one policy the ALP will regret taking into the poll.

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Legislation for internet filtering will hit parliament as early as this month, but Labor Senator Kate Lundy says she is fighting for an opt-out option.

“I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs,” says The New York Times‘ election prediction expert, Nate Silver.