Age:
Internet screening move hits hurdle
A headline-grabbing election promise to crack down on internet nasties looks to be in trouble as Senate opposition grows

Herald Sun:
Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship
AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.

Differet spin or what? The Hun might be a bit sensationalist, but it’s more on the mark.

What you’re saying is that an environmentalist party could also be somewhat libertarian. I agree, it’s possible, though most environmentalists go for more regulation as a way to achieve their goals.

However, In spite of their name, I’m not convinced that the Greens Party are primarily an environmentalist party. They spend more time campaigning for the rights of asylum seekers and people accused of terrorism than they do on the environment.

Moving towards ecomonic liberty would run counter to one of their four pillars – the principle of ‘social justice’ (by which they mean socialism by a better-sounding name)

In observing the New Zealand election the interesting things I note is that ACT, the nearest equivalent to the LDP in Australia, sells their green credentials pretty hard (except on the issue of CO2). And at the same time the New Zealand Greens are promoting tax cuts (as is pretty much every New Zealand party in one form or another).

take a look at the Green party manifesto. the striking thing is that it isn’t a green grouping. they are basically hardcore socialists.

Funnily enough the green policy section is actually a small part of what they subscribe to.

The fact that they are against Rudd’s Great wall is neither here or there. In other words we shouldn’t be doing a song and dance simply because one of the bingo numbers came up. They are too far gone to even worry about as a party.