Reactions to Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey's startling revelation last night that the Coalition would vote against Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy - likely dooming it to fail - continued to roll in this morning, including one from outspoken filter opponent and Exetel chief, John Linton.

The Australian Christian Lobby has slammed as "incomprehensible" a revelation by Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey late yesterday that the Coalition would vote against Labor's controversial mandatory internet filtering project if associated legislation made it into parliament.

The National Party of Australia has used its Federal conference to vote against the Government’s plan for a mandatory filter.

An IT reseller is launching a cloud-based proxy server provisioning service to fight the Federal Government’s proposed Internet filter.

The Labor party has delayed its internal vote on mandatory filtering indefinitely and revealed the draft bill has not been completed. The vote was originally expected to be held mid-March.

The Federal Government’s proposed Internet filter will be impotent in a few years time, an IT pundit claims.

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for future lobbying efforts.

The U.S., Europe and other countries are secretly drawing up rules designed to crack down on copyright abuse on the Internet, in part by making ISPs liable for illegal content, according to a copy of part of the confidential draft agreement that was seen by the IDG News Service.

Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Tony Smith, is vehement in his views about ICT policy. ARN spoke to him about why he won’t oppose mandatory filtering outright and why the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be scrapped if he comes to power.

CEO of vividwireless, Unwired and Wireless Broadband Australia, Martin Mercer, talks to ARN about the decision behind launching a 4G network, how wireless will fit in the National Broadband Network (NBN), and ISP filtering.