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Senator Conroy criticises ongoing iiNet defence, breaches separation of powers

Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has issued a stinging attack on iiNet’s position in Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd. Speaking at the CommsDay summit in Sydney yesterday, Senator Conroy described iiNet’s defence as something which ‘belongs in a Yes Minister episode’ — ironic, given that Conroy is himself the spitting image of Jim Hacker MP (case exemplar: ‘but Tony, publishing the blacklist would defeat the purpose of having a blacklist!’). Conroy opined:  Read more »

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