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...result of the scandals, several of Australia's biggest ISPs pulled out of the filtering-software trials and have urged the government to drop the plan. "It became increasingly clear that the trial was not simply about restricting child pornography or other such illegal material but a much wider range of issues, including what the government simply describes as 'unwanted material' without an explanation of what that includes," said Michael Malone, managing director of iiNet, an Australian ISP. He added that his company agreed to participate in the trial only to demonstrate that the policy was "fundamentally flawed, a waste...
...publicly or privately said it's technically and practically impossible." The leak was further black icing on the cake. Among the list's more than 1,000 entries were URLs for child porn, rape and bestiality sites as well as online gambling (some forms of which are illegal in Australia) and gay and straight pornography. But many sites appeared to have been blacklisted almost at random. A dentist from Queensland, whose website had once been hacked into by a Russian purveyor of pornography, was on the list. So was pet-care facility MaroochyBoardingKennels.com.au and canteens.com.au, a site belonging...
...have instituted a slew of changes to Formula One for the 2009 season. The overhaul, agreed to by the teams in December, is designed to cut costs in the fantastically expensive sport by at least 30%. The drivers and cars that pull away in the opening Grand Prix in Australia on March 29 will have to make do with fewer engines to get them through the season, cope with a lower limit on engine revs and learn how to handle cars that have undergone fewer hours of wind-tunnel testing than last year's. But the new rules...
...Four years ago Kevin Rudd got drunk and took himself into a strip club. Four years ago John Howard, sober, took Australia into the Iraq war. I think the electorate can judge which one did the more harm." -Australian Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Green party, defending Rudd after the revelation of his strip club visit (The Times of London, August...
...pictures of the faces and emotions as Australia's Parliament apologized for abuses against Aboriginal people...