Who will save us from Labor’s Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill? Rebecca Weisser Features Australia [Getty Images] Rebecca Weisser 2 September 2023 9:00 AM Big Brother is coming. Or Big Sister with a penis who must be obeyed. The time for consultation has expired on Labor’s Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill and the government, withContinue reading “Free speech fights back”
Category Archives: Our constitution
Flag and free speech abused
Pro-Palestinian protests – who pays for the police? Peter O’Brien Features Australia Getty Images Peter O’Brien 4 November 2023 9:00 AM The result of the Hamas atrocities of 7 October has dominated our media for the last month. Not so much, the atrocities themselves. They have now been largely consigned to the mainstream media 24-hourContinue reading “Flag and free speech abused”
When Government Proposes to Control Our Words, the Church Ought Not Be Speechless
James Macpherson 13 Nov 2023 God created three institutions for the betterment of society. And to each He gave a specific function. God created the family for the propagation of life. He created government for the protection of citizens. And He created the church for the proclamation of the gospel. A society will be healthyContinue reading “When Government Proposes to Control Our Words, the Church Ought Not Be Speechless”
Good things come to those who wait and truth will always out
Sir Harry Gibbs 30 Lodge RoadCremorneNSW 20901 November 1995Mr John Wilson19 Elm P1aceNorth RocksNSW 2151Dear Mr Wilson,Thank you for your letter of 29 October. Although you state that you are not a lawyer you are on the right track in expressing the view that the Constitution cannot be altered under Section L2B to remove theContinue reading “Good things come to those who wait and truth will always out”
Labor’s law: undermining constitutional democracy
Augusto Zimmermann Flat White Getty Images Augusto Zimmermann 12 September 2023 5:30 AM The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 was recently introduced by Federal Labor in the Australian Parliament. This law proposal foreshadows the imposition of an obligation on digital platforms to police alleged ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’. The definition of ‘misinformation’ found in thisContinue reading “Labor’s law: undermining constitutional democracy”
Labor’s misinformation bill: an egregious attack on free speech
Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann Flat White Getty Images Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann 30 September 2023 5:46 AM The management of Covid by the Australian authorities has shown that the emergence of tyranny, with its suppression of free speech, is never far removed from reality. The horrendous violations of people’sContinue reading “Labor’s misinformation bill: an egregious attack on free speech”
Flat White
Free speech on campus, actions are louder than words Brianna McKee Getty Images Brianna McKee 4 September 2023 4:00 AM Last week the University of Sydney announced that it would avoid taking an official position on the Voice to Parliament. But the message was clearly not received by the faculties, which took matters into theirContinue reading “Flat White”
1907 Photo. It was all clear a long time ago!l
Views on the voice
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says Australians have been misled about the Voice to Parliament, and the “real agenda” was exposed today “in a brawl” between people advising Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “This could be the day the Voice was broken, destroyed, even though Albanese’s launched a whole a whole week to promote this deContinue reading “Views on the voice”
Dot-Painting a Moustache on the Constitution
Peter O’Brien The recent controversy concerning the alleged corruption of artworks by APY Aboriginal artists by interfering white hands has prompted me to again visit the topic of Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people. It seems this has now become a given, even among conservative commentators, who should know better. It seems they are jumping onContinue reading “Dot-Painting a Moustache on the Constitution”
The Constitution
Sorry, Chris Kenny, You Couldn’t be More Wrong Peter O’Brien In a recent Weekend Australian, Chris Kenny quoted me from a Quadrant Online article. In doing so he seriously misrepresented my position, and he also demonstrated a lamentable lack of understanding of our Constitution – which he seems hell bent on changing in a significantContinue reading “The Constitution”
A commentary on the demise of our famous Aussie culture and assets. Thanks to SB for inspiring this song. Sorry it’s a bit longer than normal, but it sort of needed to say all that has happened to us..
Australian flag speaks of how it evolved and its history to Australia This great video speaks of our constitution and what it stands for to all Australians. your vote in supporting government that wished to allow a selected section of Australians to have a second voice in your parliament leaving the majority with just aContinue reading “A commentary on the demise of our famous Aussie culture and assets. Thanks to SB for inspiring this song. Sorry it’s a bit longer than normal, but it sort of needed to say all that has happened to us..”
Review of Australian Law and Its Decline
Date: April 19, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 10 Comments [Editor’s note: The following article is longer than usual, but it gives the legal history and reasoning that is conspicuously absent from Australian Constitutional Law. Gumshoe is the only place that has ever re-printed it. No legal publication, Bar Association, Law Society or cute ‘legal trade’ magazineContinue reading “Review of Australian Law and Its Decline”
Hear the voice of your constitution and how it works
The Flag Speaks of it’s history
The Constitution Isn’t Broke, so Don’t Fix It
The Voice Peter O’Brien I am confounded by the increasing number of conservative commentators who preface their remarks in opposition to the Voice with words such as ‘Of course, I support constitutional recognition of First Nations people but …’. Here for example is Peta Credlin in the most recent Sunday Telegraph: But this Voice toContinue reading “The Constitution Isn’t Broke, so Don’t Fix It”
A Voice, A Voice, our Kingdom for a Voice….Why?
John Singer 24/3/23 · I love this sunburnt country, this land of sweeping plains, with its ragged mountain ranges and its droughts and flooding rains. This personalisation of Dorothea MacKellar’s very descriptive poem belongs to every Australian who has travelled within our great Country. This unique land, which is the only Continent occupied byContinue reading “A Voice, A Voice, our Kingdom for a Voice….Why?”
ALP constitution says we must be a republic
Mar 25 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ALP National Constitution Objectives (m) reform of the Australian Constitution and other political institutions to ensure that they reflect the will of the majority of Australian citizens and the existence of Australia as an independent republic; The Federal Referendum 1999, to becomeContinue reading “ALP constitution says we must be a republic”
The Voice of our Constitution and Flag
How Concentration of Powers Undermines the Rule of Law in Australia
Viewpoints Hail at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 20, 2020. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images) By Augusto Zimmermann March 20, 2023Updated: March 20, 2023 biggersmaller Print 0:006:15 Commentary Over the last three years, the Australian government has exercised coercive powers over its citizens on a scale never previously attempted. At some moments, it took oppressiveContinue reading “How Concentration of Powers Undermines the Rule of Law in Australia”
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