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maddison@connexus.apana.org.au (David S. Maddison) wrote:

>Excellent response Bob.

>I suggest you email and post a copy of this to the committee (if you
>haven't done so already).

>I think it would be a good idea for everyone to make their feelings known
>on this matter.

 If you would like more information on this particular
news-server, and links to other commercial news-servers (via
Yahoo) you can try:-

                  http://www.altopia.com/polfaq.htm

 ..which details their policies regarding access.  You can even
try connecting via the suggested trial log-on, which is entirely
free of charge, but grants you only limited access for testing
the connection.

 I haven't made any direct contact with members of the committee,
but I have had some e-mail with people who have attended the
Senate hearings.
 
 In my opinion the members of this committee are not people
conversant with the technology involved, nor are they necessarily
people who listen to reasoned argument regarding civil liberties,
freedom of speech, freedom of expression or the right to hold and
express a differing point of view  ( concepts which are perhaps
only vaguely understood in Australia ).
 
 I have considered making a submission  however the Senate and
Committees of the Senate are not law makers.  The Senate is a
house of review.  It is the House of Representatives which makes
laws, not the Senate - nor Committees of the Senate.
 
 If I feel strongly enough I may contact my local member of
parliament.   I have written articles to the mainstream press,
but these have been rejected as "inappropriate".
 
                                        Bob

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Bob Bain, Sydney, Australia   
bobb@acslink.aone.net.au