MEDIA and LAW......in Australia

Here is another article I found on The Washington Post that seems interesting.  Now this particular issue takes place in Australia but it definitely discusses the media and law.  Here it is:

The Australian government is looking to create a filtering system for internet in the upcoming year.  It looks like the government will come up with a "black list" of websites that users will no longer be able to access.  They say the purpose is to protect users (especially young children) from sites with child porn, bestiality, sexual violence, violence in general, and use of illegal drugs.  Now this filtering system will obviously prohibit users from sharing material and some say this will be considered unwarranted censorship.

I do think is kind of over the top.  It definitely raises question of:

who is the government  to determine what is appropriate for users? Especially adults?

Shouldn't blocking websites be up to the parents of children?

What do you think?  Check out the entire article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121500737.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter