The Rudd government's Censorship regime will attempt to prevent access to web pages that have been Refused Classification.

If it was about illegal material, they'd say it was about illegal material. But they don't: they say "Refused Classification."

Refused Classification does not mean "illegal." It just means that the material does not fit into the MA15+, R18+ or X18+ shoeboxes. Again, if it were truly illegal, they wouldn't be mincing words; they'd just come out and say "illegal." Most Refused Classification material is perfectly legal to possess, and to read/view in the privacy of one's own home, in most parts of Australia.

Child pornography? Sure, that's illegal. In every country in the world. So why in your right mind would you approve of a system whereby our government says "Here's a list of child pornography on the World Wide Web. Let's give that list to ISPs and tell them to prevent people from accessing it."

I'd prefer them to give that list to the police, who can liaise with their international counterparts and have the filth deleted, and the distributors/perpetrators hunted down and brought to justice.

This Rabbit-Proof Firewall will not prevent one single child from being raped.

This Rabbit-Proof Firewall will not bring one single paedophile one single step closer to a gaol cell.

It should be scrapped once and for all, and the money sent to the Australian Federal Police's High-Technology Crime Unit.