Anything and everything related to government, politics, ideas, policies and individuals in Australia
Sep 22 '11
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“Let’s not kid ourselves. You get abuses of media power – that’s the price you pay of having a free society. Not every speech in this Parliament is objective or wise. Not every newspaper editorial, oped or news story is fair. But what’s the alternative? Having everything written by a bunch of bureaucrats in Canberra? Senator Conroy might like that. I’m for freedom. I’m with Thomas Jefferson: A free press is absolutely vital to a democracy and any attempt by Government to trammel that freedom has to be viewed with the greatest suspicion. Now that’s what this inquiry is all about. This has had its birth, it genesis, in the Labor Party and the Greens being upset that a free press have been critical of them. That’s what this is all about.”
— Malcolm Turnbull on the Labor/Greens government’s moves to limit freedom of the press in Australia. (via keyboardpubes)
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Hahaha how preposterous. Do you even realise what you’re saying? “The press ought to be free, so we must make the...
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I doubt Malcom himself believes a single word of that, and if he does, I lose a bit of respect for him. This just...
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TURNBULL IS WITH JEFFERSON! TURNBULL WANTS SLAVES! IF TURNBULL GETS HIS WAY WE’LL ALL BE PICKING COTTON IN WENTWORTH
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