Under pressure ... Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. Photo: Glen McCurtayne
The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has launched a stinging attack on Google and its credibility in response to the search giant's campaign against the government's internet filtering policy.
In an interview on ABC Radio last night, Senator Conroy also said he was unaware of complaints the Obama administration said it had raised with the government over the policy.
I'm sorry but Conroy can't simply claim he is "unaware" of the criticisms made by the US State Department. The UK's Daily Telegraph knows about them: Either:
- 1. he's lying
- 2. he has a chronic memory problem
- 3. his staff are incompetent
But I would assume that when the US State Dept mention they might have a problem with your publicly stated policy - and say as much to the world's press as part of a major campaign against global censorship - the Communications Minister should know about it. Or...we should get another one.
For the money we pay these people, it does make me mad when they say they just aren't across something - especially when we are!
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