“Instead of Australian governments passing laws to erode free speech and the right to protest, obligations to the Genocide Convention and to the International Court of Justice should be implemented.”
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/australians-for-humanity-demand-that-the-invitation-to-the-president-of-israel-to-visit-this-country-be-immediately-withdrawn/
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“I urge our political representatives to represent all of us. And I urge them to implement real solutions to community safety and social cohesion problems, not quick fixes that erode our freedoms and exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve.”
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/what-we-can-say-and-what-we-can-go-to-jail-for/
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“As currently written, the new Bill makes News Corp a criminal enterprise, even if it’s not formally listed alongside the National Socialist Network or Hizb ut Tahrir.”
https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/i-get-the-top-bunk-rupe
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Shout out to David Brophy for using his submission to troll Zionists about how they may fall foul of the laws they want to introduce.
Full text (PDF): https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=e8c9ae94-dc52-4bc2-8dd1-636c16d6da9f&subId=781760
Other submissions:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary/_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence/_and/_Security/CASHEBILL26/Submissions
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" A rushed legislative process of this nature undermines confidence, increases the risk of unintended consequences, and does not assist community unity or social cohesion."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/16/hate-speech-legislation-political-reaction-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-greens-adelaide-festival-writers-week-backlash-sydney-protest-ban-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6969a5228f082f699219cf78#block-6969a5228f082f699219cf78
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“In my view, the right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/07/raceandreligion.broadcasting
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It’s strange @Tooden
Judaism is the religion of a tiny minority of Australians. Zionism isn’t a religion at all. Yet Zionism (which pretends to be Jewish) is behind most attacks on our freedoms.
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True @Tooden but we can’t ignore them. If we don’t fight back, they’ll succeed by default.
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“It’s so creepy knowing I share a country with people who want to destroy my right to normal political speech.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech
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@DropBear i do wonder if the venn diagram between the people who are supporting this and the people who got so upset at sections 18c and d of the racial discrimination act is a circle
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