Queensland government attacks free speech [partisan article]

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Queensland government attacks free speech [partisan article]

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AusSocialism@aussie.zone · 15 days ago

Queensland government attacks free speech

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The Queensland LNP government has announced new hate speech laws to be introduced to parliament this week. They are an extreme, authoritarian attack on the Palestine movement and civil liberties. If passed, the laws will make public use of the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be

I dunno what rules we want to have in this community, but thought I’d kick things off by this article I read, which forbodes 2026. A year (I suspect) that the centre right Labor governments and right wing LNP governments clamp down on political speech.

I wonder how long before the new federal hate speech laws are used to silence left wing

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