Recent Press Reports
This is a list of press reports on the Australian Internet
censorship issue that have appeared since the NSW proposals were
announced.
- July 9
- "Limit online access, recommends ABA"
- The Australian
- "Big Brother wants chilling consistency"
- The ABA wants to treat the Internet like TV - and that's a mistake, writes John Hilvert
- The Australian
- "Softer line sought on Net censorship" - Sue Lowe
- Sydney Morning Herald
- "Public to vet Net code" - Mike van Niekerk and Sue Lowe
- The Age
- July 8
- "Net industry backs self censorship"
- Australian Financial Review
- July 6
- The Return of the Wowsers
- Sydney Morning Herald
- June 20
- "Watching over the Internet"
- Editorial - The Australian
- June 18
- "US Court ruling is relevant here too" - John Hilvert
- The Australian
- "Cyber surfers best placed to rule the ether" - Jeremy Horey
- The Australian
- "Attorneys-general may delay Internet laws" - David Crowe
- Financial Review
- "Censorship fight hots up" - Mark Lawrence
- The Age
- "Net groups to back US court win" - Rodney Chester
- The Courier-Mail
- High tech catches Censor in the Net" - Jon Casimir
- The Age
- "A comfortable illusion shattered by the Net
- The new-age banned wagon" - Jon Casimir
- Sydney Morning Herald
- June 17
- "Internet Industry remains wary despite US result"
- Financial Review
- Censors not needed in cyberspace"
- Editorial - The West Australian
- June 14
- "US judges block law on cybersmut"
- The Courier-Mail
- "Internet in an indecent court win" - David Crowe
- The Australian
- June 12
- "Subscriber fights Internet censor bid" - Danielle Webster
- The Queensland Times
- "MA-rated Net: Coming Soon" - David Braue
- PC Week
- June 5
- "NSW Internet legislation leaks" - Simon Sharwood
- PC Week
- "Tightening the reins on the Net"- by PC week staff
- PC Week
- May 28
- "Internet rating 'neither possible nor desirable' "
- Financial Review
- "Angry Net users take to the streets" - David Higgins
- The Australian
- "Protest at Internet control" - Sue Lowe
- Sydney Morning Herald
- May 21
- "Why I will march for Net freedom" - Peter Merel
- The Australian
- "Censorship target of protest march"
- The Australian
- "Secret to Net censorship is in the PICS" - AUUG
- The Australian
- "Self-censorship small price for free speech"
- The Australian
- April 30
- "ABA chief blasts critics of Internet censorship laws" - John Hilvert
- The Australian
- April 17
- "Perspective column" - Kerrie Murphy
- PC Week
- April 10
- "NSW plans Net censorship" - Simon Sharwood
- PC Week
- April 4
- "No place for cyber-censorship in a free society" - McKenzie Wark
- The Australian
- "Futile moves on Net porn" - Jon Casimir
- Sydney Morning Herald
- "Proposed censorship 'highlights government ignorance' "
- The Queensland Times
- April 3
- "Net censorship hits NSW" - Angus Kidman
- Australian Personal Computer
- "Internet porn pedlars face jail" - Michael Sharp
- Sydney Morning Herald
