[This article seems to have slipped past Murdoch’s slimy grip] “Make no mistake: having no publicly available formal policy (or even costed policy positions) is a slap in the face to people who care about the arts, culture and entertainment. It suggests that what happens in the next three years to the film and television sectors, the music industry, theatre, publishing and the performing arts is not a priority. But it also means the Coalition – should they win, as expected – can’t be held to account over specific policy decisions; surely to claim a mandate on culture specific ideas need to be tested at the polls?…So if arts and culture matters a great deal to you, take a look at our questions and the major parties’ responses. Keep the link, print it out, mull it over and make it part of your decision.”
“Stop being a selfish dick and vote for the party that gives us education, hospitals, equality and shit. Equal opportunity needs some fucking design intent, it doesn’t just magically happen because free market – the rich get richer and the poor get fucked over.
For fuck’s sake Australia. If you vote or preference the LNP you’ll be voting for the far right wing and a whole big fucking world of pain and embarrassing stupidity.
So, in summation, don’t be a stupid fucking mouth-breathing idiot. Vote for Labor (or at least The Greens with Labor as your second preference).”
[From this article at ZDNet] “A Liberal National government in Australia would adopt the opt-out UK approach to filtering the internet for all Australians.
The policy comes less than 41 hours before polls open for voting in federal election where the Coalition is currently expected to win. It is also almost a year after the Labor government abandoned its plans for mandatory internet filtering, and three years after the Coalition announced it would not support a policy for mandatory internet filtering.
The announcement, buried in a AU$10 million online safety policy published online today (PDF) announces that under a Tony Abbott government, Australians would have “adult content” filters installed on their phone services and fixed internet services unless they opt out.
“We will work with mobile phone companies (such as Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and their resellers) to develop online safety standards for smartphones and other devices with mobile network connectivity such as tablets, applicable to their use by children in two age groups: children up to the age of 12 years and teenagers,” the policy states.”
