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]]> By: ashleigh http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/01/16/no-censorship-after-australia-day/#comment-41954 ashleigh Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:30:27 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/01/16/no-censorship-after-australia-day/#comment-41954 I just finished reading a book called "Underground" - a bit dated now, but about Australia in 2020 with a continuation of the Howard govt. Censorship is the way, as is control, exclusions zones, permanent war. Its like 1984 but set in Australia in 2020. The trouble with it is, everything in this book is eerily credible. Even the names that have been chosen to shock have actually come to pass. In the book, people are controlled by "The Department of Citizenship". I just recently found that the former Dept of Immigration is now "The Department of Immigration and Citizenship". We are not all that far removed (and actually never are) from the imposition of police-state rules. The really sad thing is that this is being proposed by Labor. The same labor formed in the shearers strikes, the legacy of the same people who stood up for what's right at Eureka. The same Labor who managed to kill off the Menzies constitutional change to outlaw the Communist Party. This Labor Government we have is not Labor. It's the Liberals in drag. I just finished reading a book called “Underground” - a bit dated now, but about Australia in 2020 with a continuation of the Howard govt. Censorship is the way, as is control, exclusions zones, permanent war. Its like 1984 but set in Australia in 2020.

The trouble with it is, everything in this book is eerily credible. Even the names that have been chosen to shock have actually come to pass. In the book, people are controlled by “The Department of Citizenship”.

I just recently found that the former Dept of Immigration is now “The Department of Immigration and Citizenship”.

We are not all that far removed (and actually never are) from the imposition of police-state rules.

The really sad thing is that this is being proposed by Labor. The same labor formed in the shearers strikes, the legacy of the same people who stood up for what’s right at Eureka. The same Labor who managed to kill off the Menzies constitutional change to outlaw the Communist Party.

This Labor Government we have is not Labor. It’s the Liberals in drag.

]]> By: Steve http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/01/16/no-censorship-after-australia-day/#comment-41933 Steve Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:43:26 +0000 http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/01/16/no-censorship-after-australia-day/#comment-41933 Thanks Mike for stating so clearly why the Government is just wrongheaded on this issue and giving us a personal perspective on how it will impact Australians in all kinds of unintended ways. Thanks Mike for stating so clearly why the Government is just wrongheaded on this issue and giving us a personal perspective on how it will impact Australians in all kinds of unintended ways.

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