I’m not Australian, so if someone from there could fill me in that would be great. Does Australia not have some sort of constitutionally protected freedom of assembly? It’s hard to imagine such a succesful democracy without that.
mcs5280 on
Seems like every nation is speedrunning fascism right nowÂ
AussiePete on
> This is a time for community to come together… It’s not a time for large public assemblies
Pick one.
buster_rhino on
A two week ban on public assemblies following a terrorist attack around the holidays sounds pretty reasonable from a public safety point of view.
knockoneover on
I’m guessing this is a preventative based on intel, who knows how many lives they’ve just saved.
CyroSwitchBlade on
This doesn’t have anything to do with protesting this time.. They aren’t worried about that right now.. they are still trying to track down and close in on more terrorist cells in the country that are planning attacks so they don’t want there to be as many easy targets for that.
SwimSea7631 on
Australia needs a bill of rights.
This is actually insane that people are ok with this.
BlaizItUp on
SO YOU DO ADMIRE TRUMP AND NAZIS!
Abyssus88 on
Punish the masses for the acts of a few.
StonebellyMD on
Sounds like something begging to be protested by public assembly
ManhattanT5 on
A government shouldn’t be allowed to do this. A society should have the means to resist.Â
PupienusExpress on
Now they’re upside down and backwards
Taxibl on
Ridiculous. Just enforce the existence laws. Stop people from marching with Hezbollah flags and “protesting”at Jewish businesses. Don’t ban all public assembly.
TwoColdBeers on
The only way to fight people who want to divide us is to strip you of your basic human rights
grandmastermoth on
Yet another reason to move to Melbourne
DildoOfConsequence18 on
This makes no sense to me at all. The attack didn’t happen at a protest, it happened a run of the mill public event. What will banning protests achieve? This smacks of an authoritarian government making hay while the sun shines. Utterly banal and not even attempting to pretend otherwise.
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Democracy manifest.
I’m not Australian, so if someone from there could fill me in that would be great. Does Australia not have some sort of constitutionally protected freedom of assembly? It’s hard to imagine such a succesful democracy without that.
Seems like every nation is speedrunning fascism right nowÂ
> This is a time for community to come together… It’s not a time for large public assemblies
Pick one.
A two week ban on public assemblies following a terrorist attack around the holidays sounds pretty reasonable from a public safety point of view.
I’m guessing this is a preventative based on intel, who knows how many lives they’ve just saved.
This doesn’t have anything to do with protesting this time.. They aren’t worried about that right now.. they are still trying to track down and close in on more terrorist cells in the country that are planning attacks so they don’t want there to be as many easy targets for that.
Australia needs a bill of rights.
This is actually insane that people are ok with this.
SO YOU DO ADMIRE TRUMP AND NAZIS!
Punish the masses for the acts of a few.
Sounds like something begging to be protested by public assembly
A government shouldn’t be allowed to do this. A society should have the means to resist.Â
Now they’re upside down and backwards
Ridiculous. Just enforce the existence laws. Stop people from marching with Hezbollah flags and “protesting”at Jewish businesses. Don’t ban all public assembly.
The only way to fight people who want to divide us is to strip you of your basic human rights
Yet another reason to move to Melbourne
This makes no sense to me at all. The attack didn’t happen at a protest, it happened a run of the mill public event. What will banning protests achieve? This smacks of an authoritarian government making hay while the sun shines. Utterly banal and not even attempting to pretend otherwise.