The black list's appearance on wikileaks.org demonstrated the futility of the Government's proposed censorship regime and the need for fresh thinking.
Donna Ashelford, president of SAGE-AU, said publication of the list has, in effect, given every 15-year-old in Australia a guide to porn online.
"The Government's trial has both fatally damaged the cause of internet filtering, and damaged Australia's global reputation, since the government appears to be trying to block legitimate websites from the Australian public," she said.
"It also appears that the release of the blacklist was not a leak, but rather a reverse-engineering of the software the government provided to home internet users, which raises serious questions about the security of the list."
The secrecy of the blacklist itself creates a public hazard.
"If you release it to the public, it becomes a guide to the content you are trying to keep out; if it is neither released nor effectively vetted, it can be used inappropriately to block legitimate content," said Ashelford.
The Federal Government needed to apply fresh thinking to its approach to addressing objectionable content online, she said.
"They need to step back, define what the problem is and then come up with a workable solution to that problem," she said.
SAGE-AU continues to support a three-phase plan it released last November to provide for safety of children using the Internet.
Its proposal comprises of; Encouraging "family-friendly" ISP services; improved parent education; and more rigorous enforcement
The independent body also supports increased budgets for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the Australian Federal Police to identify and remove illegal content from Australian hosts.
SAGE-AU is a not-for-profit professional organisation representing system administrators in Australia.
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