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		<title>Age op-ed today</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/opinion/age-op-ed-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an opinion piece in today&#8217;s Age, expanding on the theme of offensive internet content: do we need Rudd to step in and save us? I&#8217;m seeing more and more panic, fanned by the media, and a sense of proportion is quickly being lost.
This also continues on my new favourite theme, &#8220;Why should the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The battle for an open Internet</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/politics/the-battle-for-an-open-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the trends in Internet freedom have been all bad. China&#8217;s censorship regime escalated dramatically over the last 12 months, with a more aggressive Golden Shield, tumultuous events in Iran and of course Australia&#8217;s own filtering plan. It is therefore extremely heartening to see the tough new stand on Internet freedom taken by the USA.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why people believe stuff</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2010/opinion/why-people-believe-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a naive undergraduate, I laboured under a severe misapprehension. I thought that people believed things because they had heard the evidence and believed those things to be true. If somebody believed something that was (in my opinion) wrong, it must have been because they had bad information or had heard a mistaken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Matilda post: Conroy Comes Out Swinging</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/new-matilda-post-conroy-comes-out-swinging/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/new-matilda-post-conroy-comes-out-swinging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a guest blogger on New Matilda&#8217;sPollieGraph blog, discussing the revelations by the Minister on SBS&#8217;s Insight show.
Read and comment on the post here.
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		<title>Piece in New Matilda</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/piece-in-new-matilda/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/piece-in-new-matilda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a piece in New Matilda having another go at the Conroy Curtain. The awesome thing about it is the picture.
Read it here.
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		<title>Cyber-libertarians love their children too</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/cyber-libertarians-love-their-children-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Safer Internet Day” has come and gone, and the Government’s trial of mandatory filtering has finally been announced, with six small ISPs participating. The trial, with poor results practically inevitable, will do little to dampen discussion about this policy. The stated rationale for the new filtering regime, to protect children, has ensured the debate remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would the extreme cyber-libertarians please stand up?</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/would-the-extreme-cyber-libertarians-please-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/would-the-extreme-cyber-libertarians-please-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s when they stop talking about you, that’s when you’ve got to worry. Or so the old saying goes. Perhaps, then, we at Electronic Frontiers Australia should be gratified that filter-backers such as Clive Hamilton still hold up EFA as the epitome of “extreme cyber-libertarianism”, a gang of internet anarchists who don’t care what happens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABC op-ed: Confused filtering policy won&#8217;t deliver</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/abc-op-ed-confused-filtering-policy-wont-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/abc-op-ed-confused-filtering-policy-wont-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my piece on the filtering plan from ABC Online.They also spun it into a news item, which was then picked up and published in Chinese.
Read it here.
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		<title>Filtering won’t deliver for Aussie kids</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/filtering-won%e2%80%99t-deliver-for-aussie-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2009/opinion/filtering-won%e2%80%99t-deliver-for-aussie-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One test that the Government&#8217;s &#8220;clean feed&#8221; Internet censorship policy fails comprehensively is as the cyber-safety test. Does this deliver anything for kids? Over at Online Opinion, I argue no.
See the piece here.
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		<title>Climate Doom Continues</title>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2008/politics/climate-doom-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://coljac.net/2008/politics/climate-doom-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australians have the benefit of the latest scientific and economic information about climate change, and our leadership has a mandate to act decisively on the issue. We already have a very high standard of living, and will continue to do so under any sort of carbon-related belt-tightening. Despite this, the prospects of drastic action are [...]]]></description>
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