‘Security’ is being abused as a crutch to prop up a teetering government. Major ‘national statements’ are more puff and wind than well thought-through solutions to dangerous times. Every time a PM’s national address is overblown, an opportunity is lost: people switch right off from vacuous rhetoric which is long on verbiage but short on actual new initiatives and common sense. At the same time, more than 80% of Australians are adamant that they do not want children locked up in detention. We have not known a time when an Australian government appeared so out of tune with the civil liberties and human rights desires of its people. It’s up to Australians who care about freedoms to speak up, and tell their MPs what they are currently delivering is not good enough.
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