Terrorists under the bed? TAB has the answer

As scores of Strayans tremble with fear at the thought of a few thousand juvenile offenders making their way to Straya, selling  grannies into slavery and marrying foetuses we thought it was time we as good citizens reviewed our Boredom Security.

We are not keen on the current threat alert. Too dull, not granular enough. Too easily confused with the bushfire alert. Nothing with which to to engage the reader.

And it looks rather like a galah flattened by an out-of-control B Double – which could well be a metaphor for this country.

So we decided to produce our own.

 

Enjoy – fridge magnet coming soon.

Feel free to speak about whatever I want you to

The Australian Independent Media Network

Part A

In an address to the IPA titled “Freedom Wars”, Tony Abbott declared that it is his intention to repeal s18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, claiming that this section of the Act impacts upon Freedom of Speech. This ideal of freedom of speech is that which we should all aspire to, however, as a friend once stated: You mean the freedom to be an asshole. We will explore this later.

The text of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) can be found via Austlii.

Section C18 of the Act, that being which Tony Abbott so vehemently opposes concerns offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin. That’s correct, it’s offensive behaviour, with the specifics being:

For an act to be unlawful it must fulfill the following criteria:

• that the action causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or…

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