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Australian Authorities Trample on Press Freedom
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I'd like to see how you made the connection between gun laws which everyone supports and what you term to be a police state. l'm certain that you can't but I'll keep asking until everyone realises that.
So your explanation is..?
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I'm still waiting for the connection between gun controls and a 'police state'. I'm not interested in what you think the results were. I want to see you make the connection.
Whenever you're ready...
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https://factsmaps.com/pisa-2018-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-mathematics-science-reading/
With China being #1.
Does that mean China has the most freedom?
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Australians are culturally very different to Americans.
In Australia, gun ownership is not seen as a "basic human right".
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And now the freedom of the Press clearly isn't seen as one either.
How much further is Australia ready to go?
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I'm not sure.
Canberra will be hosting the biennial Flower Show and Book Burning ceremony next month. That's followed by the annual Melbourne Thought Police Parade accompanied by an assortment of recalcitrant reporters stripped naked and whipped through the streets.
I think we're getting there.
OB
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I bought a few copies of 'Tony Abbott - The Defining Speeches' a few months back in a garage sale for a dollar. I use about 2 or 3 speeches each time I fire up the pizza oven. I'm going to take those down. They burn really well.
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There was strangely little reporting on the January 6 incident from the perspective of protesters who went but didn't participate in the rioting. One I read of, was very interesting about those who were urging the rioters on, and attempting to cause a mob event.Maybe reporters should disguise themselves as protesters in order to have the "proper credentials" to enter the protest area.
So I'm guessing if reporters went disguised as protesters, their reports would be treated with indifference at best.
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Yet Australia ranks higher than the U.S. on various freedom indices:
Economic Freedom Index (Australia #3, US #20): Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom
Human Freedom Index (Australia#5, US #17): https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020
World Press Freedom Index (Australia #25, US #44): World press freedom index
Methinks the claims of them being a police state may be a little overblown (especially since it's not like police in the U.S. haven't done share of overbearing enforcement).
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