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read moreNational Party members vote against internet filter
Renai LeMay
Monday, 21 June 2010 16:45
IT Policy - Government Tech Policy
The National Party of Australia has come out swinging against the Federal Government's mandatory internet filter policy, with a motion passed at the party's Federal conference on the weekend against the idea.
The motion stated that 'The Federal Conference of the Nationals opposes any mandatory ISP-level internet censorship,' and was passed after a deal of spirited debate, according to people familiar with the situation.
The motion does not bind the Nationals' parliamentarians to vote against the ISP filtering policy when its supporting legislation is introduced into parliament '” particularly as Coalition policy on the matter has not yet been formalised, and the Nationals' only have 9 Members of Parliament in the House of Representatives and 4 Senators.
However, conference motions do give members of parliament a strong indication as to what their party's grassroots membership would prefer in matters of policy.
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