Okay then why not lobby the factions within the Labor party to get 
Conroy to bury this crusade.  If you get  right   factions stirred up 
this really can have an effect. 

I bet there are people on this list with at least contacts into these 
factions.


Warren Seen wrote:

> Lobbying the "Family First" Senator Fielding to vote against internet 
> filtering? That sounds like a new definition of futility :-)
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Gary Barber <gary.barber.au 
> <http://gary.barber.au>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     If this is the case then we should be lobbying the relevant greens and
>     Fielding hard, and making damn sure they vote against it.  Making sure
>     their are no other issues they have in the pipeline that labor can
>     leverage to win their vote.
>
>     --
>     Gary Barber
>     Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect
>
>     Web: radharc.com.au <http://radharc.com.au>
>     blog: manwithnoblog.com <http://manwithnoblog.com>
>
>
>
>     Pat Allan wrote:
>     > Another possible action to add to the list: Contact your ISP, tell
>     > them you you'll switch to someone else if they take part in Conroy's
>     > trial. I just told iiNet that by twitter. No idea if that'll filter
>     > through, so I really should send them an email at the very least.
>     >
>     > Also, for those looking for some hope: at this stage (ie: unless the
>     > gov calls a double dissolution), Labor need both the Greens and
>     > Stephen Fielding of Family First to agree on the policy. Greens have
>     > been strongly against it (and rarely agree with Fielding), so
>     perhaps
>     > we're safe, at least until another election.
>     >
>     >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >


-- 
Gary Barber
Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect

Web: radharc.com.au
blog: manwithnoblog.com


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