Australian all let us rejoice, while our internet is still free.

Yesterday was Australia Day.

A couple of people wrote cracking posts reflecting on whether Senator Conroy’s proposed mandatory Internet filtering made them feel better about being Australian.

Kay Smoljak,   proprietor of Clever Starfish , is Not a proud Aussie . Sue Hutley, from the Australian Library and Information Association thinks about The internet and being Aussie – on Australia Day.

Both posts contain many pointers about what you can do. Some ideas:

• Join the Great Australian Blackout 25 – 29 January
• Read the Electronic Frontiers Association’s 10 things you can do to help
• Contact ALIA  (advocacy@alia.org.au) to make a contribution to ALIA’s submission to the Minister
• Make a submission to the Refused Classification materials review by 12 February 2010
• Download ACMA’s  Cybersmart guide for library staff