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Live chat with The Australian about Gov 2.0

Today I participated in a “live blog” about Gov 2.0. The topic was Gov 2.0, and I had over 170 questions posted. With the hour given, I was only able to respond to about 65 questions, so I’ve put a full transcript, with some additional questions answered below (marked with ADDITIONAL RESPONSE). I have included [...]

My thoughts on an opt-in filter

As I have indicated in several blog posts, I am working to change the Internet filtering policy to better achieve the policy goals of protecting children through empowering and educating parents. I have spoken before about the two key amendments I am advocating, ie: a) protect in legislation the availability of an unfiltered, open Internet [...]

Two ACT schools chosen for the 2010 Youth Advisory Group on Cyber-Safety

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today announced that 30 schools would participate in the Australian Government’s Youth Advisory Group on Cyber-safety in 2010.
The YAG has now expanded its membership to include primary school students. School students aged 8 to 17 years will have the opportunity to advise the Government on cyber-safety issues currently [...]

Q&A with Senator Kate Lundy

Labor Senator, Kate Lundy, is one of the few Government politicians to go on record against the proposed mandatory ISP filter. ARN spoke with her about voting against it, the effects of Gershon on jobs and CeBIT 2010.
You have been lauded by many people opposed to the mandatory Internet filter because of your strong stance [...]

My thoughts on the Safer Internet Group statement

Yesterday Yahoo, Google, the Australian Librarian and Information Association (ALIA) and Inspire Foundation came together under the banner of the Safer Internet Group to make a public statement about the proposed mandatory Internet filtering policy.
The paper calls for two things:

That the scope of filtering be reduced from RC content to child pornographic material
That adults can [...]

Q and A from my thoughts on the internet filter

With parliament back in session I have been able to continue my conversations with my Labor colleagues about my ideas for improving our internet policy by introducing a ‘mandatory choice’ (providing an opt out for adults and businesses) approach to the proposed mandatory filtering on RC classification content on the internet.
My understanding is that the [...]

A Capital Talk Tri Talk Tech: Episode Six – Interview with a Senator

Podcast interview with “A Capital Talk Trio”:
In this epis­ode we talk to Sen­ator Kate Lundy, and her senior policy advisor Pia Waugh (who’s also well known in the Aus­tralian and Inter­na­tional free-and-open-source-software community).
We should note that Sen­ator Lundy’s com­ments about the Clean Feed were made before the report was released and the government’s plan to [...]

Top 10 Most Influential for 2009: Voting update

Down the list is a throng of contenders including the NBN, Google and Twitter. Notably, Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy is battling it out with the ISP-level Internet content filter for a place in the Top 10

Further thoughts on the filter

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to contribute so far. I have read all the posts and have outlined some ideas as to how the policy could better reflect the original election commitment of a mandatory filter for children.  I am very conscious that this direction will never satisfy those who continue to [...]

My thoughts on the Filter

UPDATE: This post was followed up by another post summarising core points from these comments: http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/12/21/further-thoughts-on-the-filter/ and then by
Q and A from my thoughts on the internet filter and the specific ammendments the Senator is proposing to the Labor Caucus to modify the policy are on the My thoughts on the Safer Internet Group statement [...]