It was suggested to me that the original policy statement was probably a sop for evangelical fundies, who are amongst other things absolutely obsessed with the wickedness and deviltry of teh intarwebs.

I don't really know why they went back on it so precipitously. Maybe Malcolm's mates made a phone call and explained that it was a fucking stupid idea to install the exact mechanism that future governments could 1. turn into a compulsory scheme and 2. use to filter material other than pornography.

I would be interested to know if this was released without Turnbull's approval. It's a sorry story if it was.