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No Free Speech for White People: Federal Attorney-General

No free speech for racists, says Federal Attorny-General Robert McClelland

Peter Veness: Adelaide Advertiser | April 27, 2010
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/no-free-speech-for-racists-says-robert-mcclelland/story-e6frea73-1225858945012?

“FREEDOM of speech only goes so far and it does not stretch to racism,” Attorney-General Robert McClelland says.

“It may well be appropriate to set some limitation to public expression of hateful material,” Mr McClelland said.

He said cyber-racism was a growing area of concern for the Human Rights Commission. Eighteen per cent of racism complaints handed to the Commission in 2008-09 were about racist internet material, up from nine per cent in the previous year. [more …]

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Mass Immigration Kills Aussie Culture Says Demographer

News.com.au and the Herald Sun | March 24, 2010

http://www.news.com.au/national/mass-migration-kills-aussie-culture-says-demographer-bob-birrell/story-e6frfkvr-1225844560248

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/expert-warning-to-slash-migrant-intake/story-e6frf7l6-1225844478890

– Monash University population expert Dr Bob Birrell
– ‘Migration causes social problems’
– Population expected to hit 35 million by 2050 [28,044,000 as of 2025]
– Calls for enquiry into migration numbers

TRADITIONS based on heritage, sporting culture and common language are threatened by mass immigration, leading demographer Dr Bob Birrell has warned.

“This is not a pretty picture,” he said. “Social divisions are becoming more obvious and geographically concentrated and certain areas are being overlain by an ethnic identification.”

Meanwhile: PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted he …

Australian internet filter to be compulsory

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson: The Courier Mail | October 29, 2008

THE Federal Government plans to make internet censorship compulsory, putting Australia in the same league as China, Iran and North Korea.

The Government will not let users opt out of the proposed national internet filter, which could ban controversial websites on such subject as euthanasia or anorexia, when it is introduced.

Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy Minister Stephen Conroy admitted the Federal Government’s $44.2 million internet censorship plan would now include two tiers – one level of mandatory filtering for all Australians and an optional level that will provide a “…

‘Sorry’ Excuse for Aboriginal Violence

‘Sorry’ excuse for mob violence

Phoebe Stewart: NT News | February 20th, 2008

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/02/20/3404_ntnews.html

‘Sorry’ Excuse for Aboriginal Violence


PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd’s national apology to the stolen generation (Australia’s indigenous children raised by the state) has sparked a spate of racial violence in Darwin.

Five people had to be admitted to hospital after one brawl. The Caucasian men were attacked by a group of 10 Aboriginal men, who demanded that their victims “say sorry”.

A 28-year-old Territory woman watched helplessly as her friend was king-hit and kicked to the ground outside a Darwin 24-hour eatery on Sunday morning. She said three men ran at …