Just a quick post to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas! May this day be filled with joy, love and peace, and of course lots and lots of gifts from friends and family. Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal leader and future Prime Minister of Australia has released his Christmas message, which you can watch below.

THE Federal Government’s controversial internet censorship scheme may extend to filter more online traffic than was first thought, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy revealed today.

In a post on his department’s blog, Senator Conroy today said technology that could filter data sent directly between computers would be tested as part of the upcoming live filtering trial.

“Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial,” Senator Conroy said.