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Conroy is a Senator and *Minister* for Communications (&c), not just a lowly department "Director". The policy is a total crock, driven by a tiny but influential fanatical minority. http://au.christiantoday.com/article/acl-confirms-porn-filter-stance/5886.htm But with due respect to Greg Tingle, we shouldn't get overcooked here. This is an important issue, but not one that will bring down the government or even have much importance at the next election. Nobody is going to be rioting in the streets or taking pot-shots at politicians. What is actually going on here is that a Senator Fielding from the 'Family First' party holds the balance of power in the Senate, and he loves the idea of ISP filtering. He and his 2% think you can make a brick fly if you wish hard enough, and the government has to humour him to get anything into law. The 'fundies' aren't going to take 'no' for an answer when the trial fails, so we will get some sort of interim half-baked arrangement that will satisfy these Luddites, but not have any obvious effect on Web browsing. This will work because the "problem" of kids *accidentally* browsing p0rn sites is almost entirely imaginary anyway. Given that they want the Web filtered to G-rating suitable for small children, it's currently hard to see what compromise, workable or unworkable, can be achieved. -Rolls (in Oz)