Australian government internet filter

I suggest the government abandon its misguided plan for web filtering, and instead launch an information campaign and instruction leaflet on how parent can use the free service OpenDNS to monitor and block sites on their children's internet connections. Parents can put a password on their router so that DNS settings can not be changed. There will then be the same level of security as the government's proposed solution. The kids might figure out how to use IPs directly (typing IP addresses directly into the browser) or other DNS traversal methods, but this free filter is no worse than the government's expensive filter.

This solution will keep everyone happy - people that don't want filtering don't need to use it, as well as this, children will be protected (to the same degree as the government's solution). As has happened before, any filter the government sets up can be bypassed by people that have the time and motivation to do it.  The government, like Wile E Coyote, never learns that Road Runner always get away.

Academics and others that call for government to step in do not understand the nature of internet technology and how government cannot control it.

I would appreciate the government making a donation to OpenDNS, as well as giving me a $450k job for my worthwhile advice.