Hey, I can dream, can't I?stompy said:Krunk, we have no 'freedom of speech/expression' in our Constitution. Like Aardvark said, we have some legal precedent (I believe this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Television_Pty_Ltd_v_Commonwealth] is one of the important ones) created by the High Court. However, all it takes is Parliament passing legislation, and that precedent is over-ridden, like what happened with the Mabo decision, the Wik decision and the subsequent legislation by the Howard Government.Lord Krunk said:Not to mention it violates our (somewhat vague) freedom of speech.
Now if we can only get R18+ Games, we'll be the perfect country ^_^Doug said:Congrat's Australia, you get to stay in the free world!
In fact we might be going the wrong way if this brings us closer to US culture.Hankage said:Granted, that isn't saying much...Shadow Law said:Congrats Australia, you are now one step closer to being as free as america.
Heh, yeh, good ol' Gough... and it's a very good thing that the White Australia Policy was removed... otherwise, I'd never of been born here.Lord Krunk said:At least we abolished the White Australia Policy. Not that it affects me.
You might not know it, but Aussie Japanophiles have prospered ever since they got rid of that law... there must be a connection... hmm... I wonder what it could be? Still, rather have Japanophiles in my country than racists. Some would argue that there's no difference, but there is.stompy said:Heh, yeh, good ol' Gough... and it's a very good thing that the White Australia Policy was removed... otherwise, I'd never of been born here.Lord Krunk said:At least we abolished the White Australia Policy. Not that it affects me.
Stop complaining! You're internet is faster than ours. [New Zealand]. http://www.speedtest.net/global.php?continent=6&country=18 vs http://www.speedtest.net/global.php?continent=6&country=5Lord Krunk said:Hooray! It's finally over!
...but wait. How did you know about this before me?
Mind you, pretty much every channel except for Ten is wailing "We can't wait for internet censorship, can you?" I could understand that they wouldn't want to reveal the 'sad' news to the general public.
What the hell were they thinking, anyway? Filters would have slowed down our internet further than it already is, which I might add is probably the slowest of all the countries that have internet. Not to mention it violates our (somewhat vague) freedom of speech.
Now all they need to do is remove the filters on school computers. The only sites you can go on? Google and Wikipedia. And the former is useless for obvious reasons.
Sounds like a politician to menilcypher said:and despite technical advisors suggesting that the plan was flawed and unworkable, has pushed ahead with the idea
Only if you count Australians as aliens. BTW the fastest ISP in Australia is better than in AmericaThe Shade said:Nick...Xenophon?
Okay...you know that he's an alien.