Stephen Conroy Wiki

[1] He was born in Ely, United Kingdom, and was educated at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was Superannuation Officer with the Transport Workers Union before entering politics. Conroy was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry since October 1998, and was Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate. He was Shadow Minister for Trade, Corporate Governance and Financial Services from 2003 to 2004, and later became Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology in October 2004.

[2] Steve Conroy is a leading member of the Labor Right and was criticised in early 2006 by members of the Socialist Left and Simon Crean for working for the replacement of several long-serving MPs with new members, including Bill Shorten, Richard Marles, Mark Dreyfus, Nathan Murphy and Matt Carrick. After Simon's Crean win in the Hotham pre-selection, where Conroy supported Martin Pakula for the position, Crean attacked Conroy repeatedly, calling him to resign his position as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. Senator Conroy actively supports the use of mandatory isp level internet filters with an opt out only option.

[3] This has been met with concern over internet speeds, which the Labor government promised and civil liberties. In response to the proposed clean feed many satirical sites have been created

[4] and an online petition have been created

[5]. Whilst the the government (Labor party), projected an image of understanding the youth, technology and means of communicating, the filtering policy has been criticised as a waste of money and a failure to understand how these new means are utilised.

[edit] References ^ Senator Stephen Conroy Parliament House page ^ Shadow ministry ^ abc news article ^ satirical site ^ online petition against isp level mandatory filtering

[edit] See Also First Rudd Ministry

[edit] External links Stephen Conroy website Political offices Preceded by Helen Coonan Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 2007 €“ present Incumbent v €¢ d €¢ e Current Members of the Cabinet of Australia Albanese · Burke · Carr · Conroy · Crean · Evans · Faulkner · Ferguson · Fitzgibbon · Garrett · Gillard · Ludwig · Macklin · McClelland · Roxon · Rudd · Smith · Swan · Tanner · Wong v €¢ d €¢ e Current members of the Australian Senate NSW George Campbell (ALP) €¢ Helen Coonan (Lib) €¢ John Faulkner (ALP) €¢ Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) €¢ Michael Forshaw (ALP) €¢ Bill Heffernan (Lib) €¢ Steve Hutchins (ALP) €¢ Sandy Macdonald (Nat) €¢ Fiona Nash (Nat) €¢ Kerry Nettle (Grn) €¢ Marise Payne (Lib) €¢ Ursula Stephens (ALP) QLD Andrew Bartlett (Dem) €¢ Ron Boswell (Nat) €¢ Sue Boyce (Lib) €¢ George Brandis (Lib) €¢ John Hogg (ALP) €¢ Barnaby Joyce (Nat) €¢ Joe Ludwig (ALP) €¢ Ian Macdonald (Lib) €¢ Jan McLucas (ALP) €¢ Brett Mason (Lib) €¢ Claire Moore (ALP) €¢ Russell Trood (Lib) SA Cory Bernardi (Lib) €¢ Simon Birmingham (Lib) €¢ Grant Chapman (Lib) €¢ Alan Ferguson (Lib) €¢ Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) €¢ Annette Hurley (ALP) €¢ Linda Kirk (ALP) €¢ Anne McEwen (ALP) €¢ Nick Minchin (Lib) €¢ Natasha Stott-Despoja (Dem) €¢ Penny Wong (ALP) €¢ Dana Wortley (ALP) Tas Eric Abetz (Lib) €¢ Guy Barnett (Lib) €¢ Bob Brown (Grn) €¢ Carol Brown (ALP) €¢ David Bushby (Lib) €¢ Richard Colbeck (Lib) €¢ Christine Milne (Grn) €¢ Kerry O'Brien (ALP) €¢ Stephen Parry (Lib) €¢ Helen Polley (ALP) €¢ Nick Sherry (ALP) €¢ John Watson (Lib) Vic Lyn Allison (Dem) €¢ Kim Carr (ALP) €¢ Steve Conroy (ALP) €¢ Steve Fielding (FFP) €¢ Mitch Fifield (Lib) €¢ Rod Kemp (Lib) €¢ Julian McGauran (Lib) €¢ Gavin Marshall (ALP) €¢ Kay Patterson (Lib) €¢ Robert Ray (ALP) €¢ Michael Ronaldson (Lib) €¢ Judith Troeth (Lib) WA Judith Adams (Lib) €¢ Mark Bishop (ALP) €¢ Mathias Cormann (Lib) €¢ Alan Eggleston (Lib) €¢ Chris Ellison (Lib) €¢ Chris Evans (ALP) €¢ David Johnston (Lib) €¢ Ross Lightfoot (Lib) €¢ Andrew Murray (Dem) €¢ Rachel Siewert (Grn) €¢ Glenn Sterle (ALP) €¢ Ruth Webber (ALP) Territories ACT Gary Humphries (Lib) €¢ Kate Lundy (ALP) NT Trish Crossin (ALP) €¢ Nigel Scullion (CLP) Labor (ALP) €¢ Democrat (Dem) €¢ Family First (FFP) €¢ Greens (Grn) €¢ Liberal (Lib) €¢ Country Liberal (CLP) €¢ National (Nat) Persondata NAME Conroy, Stephen Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian politician DATE OF BIRTH 18 January 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH Ely, United Kingdom DATE OF DEATH Living PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Conroy" Categories: Articles needing additional references from January 2008 | Australian Labor Party politicians | 1963 births | Living people | People from Cambridgeshire | Ely | Members of the Australian Senate | Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria | Members of the Cabinet of Australia | Government ministers of Australia