Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has reportedly told the ABC's Four Corners program that the government will not broaden the proposed level of censorship in the controversial web filter plans.
"We're making it very clear, this is our policy: refused classification only" , the ABC reports Conroy as saying.
Conroy had previously come under fire for saying that any 'prohibited content' - ie material not protected by ACMA - would be included under the filter's plans, but comments later last year leaned towards only putting 'refused classificaion' content on the list.
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Critics have said all along they feel the list is too broad, but Conroy has told the ABC that selecting what is and is not on the list won't be up to him.
"Individual pages will be determined by - at arm's length from government - by the Classification Board, as it should be," he said.
"Stephen Conroy and the Government do not make the individual decisions."
