Internet in Australia and New Zealand


Author: Evan Croen
OpenNet Initiative


This report was written in 2007; much has changed in Australia and New Zealand since then. We are currently updating this profile. In the meantime, please visit our blog and news page for updates.

Introduction
Australia maintains some of the most restrictive Internet policies of any Western nation, while its neighbor, New Zealand, is less rigorous in its Internet regulation. Without any explicit protection of free speech in the constitution,1 the Australian government has used its “communications powerâ€