[LINK] Gillard ousts Rudd in bloodless coup
David Boxall
david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Fri Jun 25 12:22:56 AEST 2010
On 24/06/2010 4:39 PM, I wrote:
> On 24/06/2010 11:18 AM, Tom Koltai wrote:
>
>> ... Let's hope that Richard was
>> wrong in suggesting that Ms Gillard will retain Conroy's Folly.
>>
>> ...
>> The filter is dragging down the Australian Labour Party.
>> ...
>>
> The survey at<http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/poll/vote/> asks: "Will
> you vote for Julia Gillard at the next election?". I see buttons marked
> "Yes" and "No". I'd be most likely to use one marked "It depends".
>
I've just sent the following via
<www.getup.org.au/campaign/WelcomeWritLarge>:
> Governments around the world are deeply uncomfortable with the loss of
> control over information brought about by the Internet. Those that are
> fit to govern in the 21st century will get comfortable with it. The
> filtering policy shows that Australia's is not among them.
>
> A fit government will legislate to guarantee that there will be no
> interference with citizens' access to information. Information may be
> illegal, it may be abhorrent, there may well be reasons to question
> access. In this Information Age, there are no healthy reasons to
> interfere.
I wait with interest to find out whether our government will begin to
listen.
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