Hockey against internet censorship but his leader has other ideas

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has joined Nick Minchin in coming out against the Rudd Labor Government's plan to censor the internet through the imposition of a national filter on access to the world wide web. Liberal MPs Simon Birmingham, Alex Hawke, Michael Johnson and Jamie Briggs support their position.

The problem for Hockey and Minchin is that their Coalition leader, Tony Abbott, is publicly hedging his bets on the issue (ably seconded by Shadow Communications Minister Tony Smith) and is widely thought to privately support this censorship, and as we all know Abbott likes to fly solo on policy creation and election promises.

Hockey might as well save his breath.