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Is there a law in Australia the forbids criticizing the government? I haven't noticed any shortage of criticism lately.



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Arrested for "incitement", admittedly a vague concept that the government can do a lot with, like "disturbing the peace". But you find that kind of thing in any country, Australia is nothing special.


It's worse than most places that aren't China tier if you simply observe what happened there over the past two years, but it's true that basically the entire world with very few exceptions to lesser or greater extent really draped themselves in shame over the same period. Australia was just by far the worst of a bad bunch.

https://thetruthiswhere.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/dan-andrews...


That is one of the most ridiculous articles I've ever read.[0] Maybe the most ridiculous. Please stop posting outrageous crap like that to HN, thank you. A conspiracy site and Alan Jones, as you've posted on this page, do not add value to HN. I notice almost all your comments on HN are edgy, flamebaitish political hot takes, maybe you would suit some other site better.

[0] e.g. "The Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, has just tabled legislation in parliament which is possibly the most monstrous ever introduced into a country calling itself democratic. ...the legislation openly stamps him as a totalitarian psychopath. ...This is Australia 2021, not Germany 1935/36. Those who sneer at the comparison are deceiving themselves as the essentials are the same"...


The talking head in that video is Alan Jones, Australia's most notorious right-wing talk back radio host, or he was last time I checked. That's about as far as you can get in Australia from a reputable news source. His whole thing is stirring up ignorant lynch mobs by being inflammatory. Human flame bait.




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