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Doom for the filter?

Posted by Colin in Internet, Politics on August 6th, 2010 | 4 responses

The biggest news for the filter in a while with Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey choosing JJJ’s Hack program to announce that the Coalition will not back the Conroy Curtain whether or not they win government. Due to the makeup of the Senate (both before and in all probability after the election) this might mean the policy is effectively dead. If you’re not up to speed, here I explain why:

Also on the dreaded filter, my video about “Five ways to get around the filter in 2 minutes” was chosen to be Crikey’s video of the day.

4 Responses to “Doom for the filter?”

  1. Andy Smith says:
    August 9, 2010 at 2:44 am

    Five ways to get around the filter in 2 minutes is great!

  2. Andy Smith says:
    August 9, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    Uhm, are you wearing a hoodie in the video?

  3. Colin says:
    August 9, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Um… no?

  4. Andy Smith says:
    August 11, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    Sorry. It rather looks like a hoodie to me.

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