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Rod Speed wrote:
> 
> Daniel Grimwood <reaper@crystal.uwa.edu.au> wrote
> in message news:7ii959$6u2$2@enyo.uwa.edu.au...
> > In aus.org.efa Langdon Alger <noname@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
> >> What's the real big deal?
> 
> > Send an explicit email to a group of your mates about your dirty weekend
> > with your girlfriend.  The government computer will see offensive words in
> > your email sent to an email list, so someone in Canberra will have to read
> > your email to see if it is offensive.  Do you want others reading your email?
> 
> The recently passed legislation doesnt provide for that.

ABC online news: "*Obscene e-mail may become illegal*

The Federal Government has revealed some private emails could be
illegal under new Internet censorship laws if they include obscene
material.

The new legislation, passed yesterday, empowers the Australian
Broadcasting Authority to order the removal or blocking of online
material which it deems offensive.

Communications Minister Richard Alston said some private e-mails
were personal transactions which would not lend themselves to
prying by third parties.

But he says some e-mails, for example those sent to a group, would
not be regarded as normal e-mails under the new legislation and
therefore could be illegal." (copied from ABC site)

Another issue is a case where one member of a mailing list thought your
e-mail was obscene, and formalised a complaint, while the rest of the
group thought your e-mail was merely irreverent wit or satire.