Canberra doesn’t have to delete your opinions when regulation can make Big Tech afraid to distribute them.
An online-safety law built to expand could leave future governments deciding what new forms of speech count as harm.
Two Labor politicians unwittingly demonstrate why Australians have lost faith in Canberra.
Government is stacking the financial deck to engineer the referendum result. They are clearly scared of a fair fight.
A few years back, I was one of a handful of Senators who crossed the floor to vote against a referendum to recognise local government.
Both Liberals and Labor wanted to local government in the constitution to allow them to further interfere in local communities.
Fortunately an election was called before this referendum could get started and the proposal has largely disappeared.
I mention this story for two reasons.
Canberra doesn’t have to delete your opinions when regulation can make Big Tech afraid to distribute them.
An online-safety law built to expand could leave future governments deciding what new forms of speech count as harm.
Two Labor politicians unwittingly demonstrate why Australians have lost faith in Canberra.
The remarkable true story of a shipwreck, a rescued beer keg and the Australian spirit of mateship.
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