"This is a policy that will be going ahead," he said.
But that drew an angry retort from iiNet today.
Chief executive Michael Malone said: "We do not and have never supported such a system.
"The proposed filter is fundamentally flawed, will not achieve its stated purpose and simply will not work.
"It is fundamentally bad policy. No western country opertaes a mandatory filter like this. This proposal lines Australia up with Burma, Saudi Arabia and China, and has rightly attracted criticism from technical experts, the industry, child safety groups and even the US government."
While iiNet had been involved in the government's consultation process, "any claim that our participation... is support for the government's policy is an outright lie", Mr Malone said.
"Our position is unchanged. This proposed filter is a waste of money that should be instead spent on additional law enforcement and education resources," he said.
The filter legislation is not expected to go before Parliament until later in the year.
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