Getting in Touch

I was handed a pamphlet regarding my national member at the train station this morning which had his email address on it, and some really tacky/corny photos of him with Julia Gillard meeting ‘the people’ (in hardhats!), so fired this off to him:

Hi Nick,

I received a small leaflet concerning your work in the Macarthur region, which is unusual considering that to my knowledge an election hasn’t been called, and wanted to touch base with you to find out more about you and your policies.

Truthfully, there is just one policy that I am concerned about (for now) – the proposed internet filter.

I have been following this issue since it was brought to my attention and am perplexed that the internet filter persists. It replaces an abolished system which put the onus on families/users to install filtering software on their own pc’s (should they wish to), providing no more secure ‘protection’ than it’s predecessor.

The arrogance with which Stephen Conroy has and continues to pursue the internet filter while throwing Australian tax-payer dollars to the wind, for something at least 50% of Australians do not want, is astounding and suggests that there is more to it than meets the eye.

Understand that International internet access in Australia is already woeful and adding the bottleneck of a filter will only make it worse, the cost being no particular benefit to at least 50% of Australians (not to mention that it is mandatory). The fact that the more people learn of the filter the less they want it should be telling.

Please let me know your thoughts and ideas as to how you, as my representative, will work towards abolishing the proposed internet filter.

Regards

Ben Harris

I don’t expect anything, but you never know.