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MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Christian Lobby today commended Prime Minister Julia Gillard for reconfirming her Government’s commitment to filtering Refused Classification material from the internet.

The topic of euthanasia is under the spotlight in this week’s ‘Political Spot’, following Greens’ Leader Bob Brown’s latest efforts to push for legalised euthanasia. Is all human life intrinsically valuable or should its worth be measured according to subjective criteria, such as whether it is pain-free? The program features an interview with ACL Chief Continue Reading

Media Release Recent claims by the Opposition’s new shadow minister for communications Malcolm Turnbull that ISP-level filtering of Refused Classification material will “slow down the internet” are wrong and reflect a disturbing lack of knowledge on the issue, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today. ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said that ISP-level filtering is Continue Reading

Claims made by Opposition frontbencher George Brandis yesterday that ISP-level filtering would “slow down internet speed significantly” and could catch “completely anodyne references to children…no element of pornography whatsoever” are completely inaccurate and reflect a disturbing level of misinformation on the issue, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today. Senator Brandis made the claims during Continue Reading

The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) described as incomprehensible Joe Hockey’s announcement that the Coalition would do away with ISP level filtering of the internet. “This announcement is incomprehensible on a number of levels”, said Mr Wallace. “Firstly to say it doesn’t work is to deny the trials that show it does. Secondly to have a Continue Reading

Debate over ISP-level internet filtering is continuing as we head towards the August 21 federal election, and in the interests of safeguarding children from the ‘worst of the worst’ material on the internet it is important that we build on the community’s understanding of the need for this initiative. In that vein, ACL Managing Director Continue Reading

A Victorian judge last night told Q&A there “probably is a causal link between pornography and sexual abuse”. And Fairfax journalist Lenore Taylor said filtering child porn from the internet was worth doing. Finally some sense is starting to emerge in the internet filter debate.

Click here to read ACL’s submission to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy consultation on Mandatory internet service provider (ISP) filtering: Measures to increase accountability and transparency for Refused Classification material.