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A quick search on Google News seems to indicate that this issue still doesn't seem to be getting the main stream media coverage it deserves. In fact, it seems to be getting more coverage overseas than it is in Australia's media - including from Chinese news outlets. As you would expect, it's getting some good coverage by bloggers:
Gizmodo - Australia To Build Great Firewall Down Under [Censorship]
Amnesia Blog - Australia’s Great Firewall without an opt-out
Boing Boing - Australia's Great Firewall: just like China, Syria and other "free" countries
The Technology Liberation Front - Australian ISP-Level Content Filtering ... more
I can't believe this debate still rages
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The now very tired debate1 going on between MSM and the journalistic Blogosphere went another round recently thanks to this piece by Christian Kerr in The Australian and some mud thrown back.
I distinctly remember a time when I enjoyed reading The Australian. It hasn't been that way for a while, and they seem to just keep putting nails in the coffin, becoming more and more conservative and petty (among other adjectives).
Here is a post in reply by the blog being heavily trashed by Kerr. I hope this unavailing and pointless slinging match is abandoned by both sides soon.
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