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Want to protect free speech in Australia? (aus.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Want to protect free speech in Australia?

Either advocate for a constitutional Bill of Rights, or STFU.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@RaymondPierreL3 @australianpolitics Yes, constitutional protections depend on governments and independent courts upholding the constitution.

And autocratic governments don't tend to be good at that. But then, they also don't tend to be good at upholding other parts of the constitution, such as free and fair elections.

So if your government has slid that far towards dictatorship, nothing in the constitution will help.

Where it can help is with overreach by governments in democratic countries. It provides a mechanism where people can go to the High Court (or its equivalent) to get the law overturned.