Choking Off Freedom of Speech Down Under
It isn’t just in America that oligarchical collectivists are tightening a garrote around the neck of liberty. From Australia:
A government-appointed enforcer would oversee press standards and have the power to apply sanctions, which critics said would stifle news reporting, under proposed draconian media changes.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday announced a new proposed statutory position of Public Interest Media Advocate, among a raft of changes the government will attempt to ram through parliament by the end of next week.
The advocate would oversee the Press Council, the main vehicle for complaints about the print media, and could take back exemptions from privacy laws afforded to journalists to report valid news stories if the advocate deemed a breach of standards.
Advocates of a free and open press are reacting in horror. Gasps News Limited chief executive Kim Williams,
“This government will go down in history as the first Australian government outside of wartime to attack freedom of speech by seeking to introduce a regime which effectively institutes government sanctioned journalism.”
Imagine turning on your TV and there is nothing but MSNBC on every channel. If not stopped, moonbats will eventually make it happen.
On a tip from Andrew M.
Who knows, maybe this will force reporters to be honest and unbiased? Is that even possible?
Is there any place left where lefty fascists are not marching through and destroying?
The Land Down Under now under Socialism
Speaking of necks, she’s got a pretty long one. They may have to use a double noose when the time comes for streetlight treatment of these incipient tyrants.
No negative reporting of the government as they pull you into the abyss.
Juliar Gillard ( Gingerella ) will lose government come September 14th. The ALP in Australia is the equivilant of your commie Democrats . It has been stated by the Liberal Party that if this goes through then it will be repealed after they win the Federal election later this year.The Australian public has had a gut full of these lying , corrupt thieves ( ALP ) .Let’s not forget that Gingerella is NOT an elected PM as she whored ( she has had three affairs with married men ) herself to the greens & independents .
D.T.
The advocate would oversee the Press Council,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soviet
[i dont advise visiting the link unless you want to experience marketing morons ideas to the point where you never want to visit again!!!!!!!)
so·vi·et
noun
1.
a.
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
b.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
c.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet (council).
2.
any similar council or assembly connected with a socialistic governmental system elsewhere.
Fat ass, fat legs, and now a Bolshevik ta boot.
Sad times for our friends down under.
One of the last [places where I thought the Marxists would take over. But it seems they won there before they took over DC. At least we can still revolt.
Australians first they took away your guns, now they curtail your freedom of speech. Wake up.
We’re not dead yet. The vast majority of people here in Oz detest this harpy.
And DT, you left out the fact she had an abortion after getting knocked up by her married union boyfriend. Piece of work indeed.
metprof, she was a devout commie even when she was in the student union at uni as well as an admitted bi-sexual.
Her current boyfriend (Tim the handbag) also known as being gay and has been banned on a certain airlines for touching up one of the male hosties.
One of the beauties of the coming election is that poor old Timmy will be out of house and out of work after Jools dumps him like a constipated turd.
I pretty much concur with everything Python said. This government is beyond a joke in every respect, everything they do is tinged with desperation and communist insanity.
Public Interest Media Advocate??? Gimme a break. A more accurate name would be Public Interest Media Politburo, or “PIMP”
@Bee I like that PIMP that term is pimp daddy, I’m upgrading my lexicon with that.