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Wayne

Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Please explain how this legislation holds with the UN Declaration of Human Rights of which Australia is a signatory. Censorship is censorship no matter how noble the reason and whilst there must be boundaries it is not for MP's and unelected bodies and lobby groups to decide what is or isn't appropriate. That is the responsibility of the judiciary. As an aside, is this attempt at engaging the public just a PR exercise or will there meaningful debate? The Minister sounds very much like a George Bush Junior... you're either with us or against us..

 
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