In January, Electronic Frontiers Australia launched a petition against the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy that will be presented to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia.

So far over 12,000 people have signed the online petition. If you have not signed it yet, it is not too late for you to do so.

Despite rumours to the contrary, the Senate (unlike the House of Representatives) does accept e-petitions and this petition complies with the Senate Standing Orders 69, 70 and 71, as well as the Guide to Senate Procedure No 21. The petition was drafted following consultations with the Petitions Officer of the Senate and Senator Scott Ludlam.

It is also likely that if the filtering legislation is to be stopped, it will be stopped in the Senate, where the Labor Party does not have a majority of Senators.

Dozens of people have also been collecting printed signatures. As we are looking to present the first batch of signatures when Parliament next sits, we would ask that you return any printed signatures you have collected by Wednesday 10 March 2010 to:

Cameron Watt
PO Box 2250
Delivery Centre
Macedon St
Sunbury Vic 3429

Please note that only original pages are acceptable; faxed or photocopied pages will be rejected.

If you would still like to gather signatures for the petition in the remaining time that is available, please download and read the Senate Internet Censorship Petition – Instructions before printing the Senate Internet Censorship Petition.

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