Introduction Australia maintains some of the most restrictive Internet policies of any Western nation, while its neighbor, New Zealand, is less rigorous in its Internet regulation. Without any explicit protection of free speech in the constitution,1 the Australian...

The Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy announced on December 31 2007 that mandatory filtering of the Internet would be instituted there. This announcement follows the Rudd government’s plan to provide a “clean feed internet service for all homes” that...

The New Zealand Internal Affairs department is investigating the efficacy of CleanFeed, a filtering system used by UK ISPs to block access to illegal pornography, such as that containing children or actual violence. Industry groups hope to create a program which...

Australia's government has rejected a call to implement Internet filtering to target child pornography. The government cited concerns about cost and the effect of filtering mandates on small ISPs, deciding instead to emphasize education. The problem with filtering is that...