Of particular interest to PIF readers of History;A new book...

Of particular interest to PIF readers of History;

A new book “Jacks and Jokers” by Matthew Condon, University of Qld Press, was reviewed on 29-30 2014 SMH by Ross Fitzgerald under the heading “How the **** (4-letter word for rodentia) made the most of life in the Sunshine State”

Of particular interest is this passage in the review:

“For the record, under pressure from the Bjelke-Petersen regime, the University of Queensland Press was in 1982, forced to withdraw, and then pulp, the second volume of my history of Queensland.
During that terrible time when my wife and I looked like losing our home in Brisbane, the state government threatened me with prosecution for criminal libel.
At that time, there had not been a criminal libel case in Australia since the 1951 trial of Frank Hardy for his novel Power Without Glory.”

Why of “particular interest”; need you ask?
These events were the crucibles and incubators that eventually swallowed PIF, its predecessors and legions of other victims.

This, more than ever, urges me to continue to champion and protect this daily slogan on this forum:

“support your freedom of speech on hotcopper”

Regards,