[H-GEN] Alston's censorship bill has passed

James McPherson jmcphers at laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Wed May 26 01:11:03 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs James McPherson <jmcphers at laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au>)




Dear all,
it is a _very_ sad day for this country - Alston's idiotic internet censorship 
bill (subtitled, how to turn this country into a police state) has passed
through the senate with the help of Harradine and Colston. The ALP and
Democrats were unable to amend the bill to get a sunset clause of less than 3
years into it either. 

The ABC's report is at 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/1999/05/item19990526135254_1.htm



James C. McPherson
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