labor / greens alliance to stifle free speech, page-4

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    "Point out one act of Federal Parliament in the last 5 years that has prevented people from speaking their opinion publicly or stifling freedom of speech."

    Media Inquiry brought on by Government and the Greens not liking The Australian in particular from querying their pet projects and their religion Climate Change. Though it should be noted that Labor now has the very same queries on Greens policies.

    Chosen people, friendly with the Government, put on the Inquiry which recommends regulating the Australian media for the first time in history.

    Continual attacks and threats on the media from several Labor Ministers, including Gillard, and the Greens.

    Swan taking a radio presenter to court.

    Akerman taken to tribunal with a no finding when it should not even have gone to a tribunal.

    The myriad cases of lefties, including politicians, sueing and threatening to sue websites for material they do not agree with.

    The sacking of two journalists trying to bring the Gillard/Wilson story to the public.

    The Andrew Bolt case which has basically ruled it is 'hate speech' if you query someone's ethnicity and motivations.

    The inability to call illegal immigrants arriving on boats as illegal immigrants.

    The proposed internet filter.

    Journalists without frontiers, a leftie organisation, putting Australia on the watch list as "An enemy of the Internet". Only 10 countries in the world on that list and a further 12 on the watch list. Other countries on this list include Kazackstan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Egypt...great list to be on.

    Did I miss anything?
 
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