[LINK] Conroy re-commits to filter, slams Lundy amendments

[Kim Holburn]

http://delimiter.com.au/2010/06/28/conroy-re-commits-to-filter-slams-lundy-amendments/

> Conroy re-commits to filter, slams Lundy amendments

> Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has reiterated the  
> Government's support for its mandatory internet filter policy after  
> the  change in Prime Minister and has slammed proposed amendments by  
> Senator Kate Lundy that would allow Australians to opt in or out of  
> the technology.
>
> "We have got an election commitment to deliver," Conroy told  
> journalists in a doorstop interview in Sydney this afternoon (see  
> video). "Just because [Greens Senator] Scott Ludlam says it's been  
> shelved, doesn't mean it's true."
>
> Conroy reiterated the election commitment statement when asked  
> whether he had spoken to new Prime Minister Julia Gillard about  
> Lundy's proposed amendments to the filter legislation. Asked about  
> his personal views of the amendments, Conroy had a stronger statement.
>
> "I'm not into opting in to child porn," he said.
>
>
> The Minister said consultation around the filter project had taken a  
> little bit longer than the Government had hoped, but it would still  
> be introducing the filter legislation in the second half of 2010.
> Asked whether the timing of the Federal election could affect the  
> passage of the legislation, Conroy said it would be up to Gillard to  
> determine the timing of the vote.
>
> Conroy was also asked whether he had participated in any  
> negotiations regarding the controversial data retention regime being  
> considered by the Attorney-General's Department, which could see  
> ISPs required to store records pertaining to Australians' email,  
> telephone calls and web browsing habits.
>
> "No, it's actually Rob McClelland's portfolio," he said, referring  
> to the Federal Attorney-General.
>
> Another topic of interest from the press was the status of the  
> Government's telecommunications reform legislation, which deals with  
> the break-up of Telstra and other matters such as the introduction  
> of stronger consumer safeguards into the telco sector.
>
> Conroy said he was working with Senator Steve Fielding to win his  
> support for the bill, with the Family First parliamentarian to  
> receive briefings from Telstra and NBN Co. Conroy said he hoped that  
> Fielding would support the bill now that Telstra and NBN Co had come  
> to an agreement about the terms under which Telstra would transfer  
> its customers into the NBN and shut down its copper network.
>

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