This AU firewall is most likely going to end up being what China has in place. China's is a solid packet filtering beast that allows the government to control whatever info it wants!!!
For a country like AU that supposedly has similar citizens rights as in the U.S., its a sign of things to come for many developed nations.
This is critical Hacker News. Not rumor and gossip.
I don't mean it's rumor or gossip - I find interesting discussion on reddit. It's the general topic I have an issue with. It's (VERY) newsworthy, but I'm not sure it's in any way hacker-related.
For a country like AU that supposedly has similar citizens rights as in the U.S., its a sign of things to come for many developed nations.
This is critical Hacker News. Not rumor and gossip.