Indecent Haste: The Rush To Erode Our Freedoms

Labor believes that observing human rights and civil liberties is central to the continued strength of our democracy. Labor will have regard to those rights when taking action to safe-guard the security of our country in order to ensure that those rights are not unnecessarily infringed. Labor will also monitor and review the implementation of laws relating to national security to ensure that human rights and civil liberties are not unnecessarily infringed. (National ALP Party Platform - Chapter 11)

Never has an Australian government talked so much about freedom while doing so much to undermine it. When it comes to national security and refugees we are increasingly pathetic, writes Ben Saul.  On THE DRUM


READ A SUMMARY BY WENDY BACON OF 'NEW MATILDA' ON THE LAWS PASSED BY THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT WITH HARDLY A DEBATE.

Indecent Haste: The Rush To Erode Our Freedoms

As a Labor member I am so disheartened by the SILENCE

OF THE ALP CENTRE LEFT - it's like their Left wing has been clipped.

Every day the Leadership of the Greens speak for what I feel about the Environment and Human Rights, but there is one woman in the ALP who stands apart, Melissa Parkes MP for Fremantle(who must have confidence in her electorate supporting her).

Labor Leader Bill Shorten's strategy to be partners with the Conservatives on sending in the planes to Iraq again, pass security legislation(see above article), avoids being seen as unpatriotic, lacking in military might so the dominant Right wing flys. 
So What is the Bloody, Damned Point Repeating History Over and Over - our Politicians and their Advisors are supposed to be well read....wish they would sit and read this from a Master Truth-teller JOHN PILGER ON THE WAR CYCLES

One hundred years ago the panic was over Irish terrorists and the 'Wobblies"(International Worker's Union), so Prime Minister Billy Hughes wrote laws to stop those Irish Republicans in Australia committing terrorism. 
Why are our politicians so bloody minded about giving ASIO whatever they want when many of the comrades had ASIO files from the days of Santamaria & Co when they were working out a pathway to a fairer society? THE GUARDIAN ON NEW INTELLIGENCE LAWS

I keep waiting to hear the voice of my Australian Labor Party over  ABC Radio National about the effect of these laws on immigration and intelligence are only going to represent and activate cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on individuals and a blight on our international reputation and committments. 

Can't our politicians see and hear the ghost of George Orwell's book 1984?

The subtext of all this Islamophobia creeping into our legislation is 'It's a means to an end'. This is why M.P.s work 24/7 - the Power will be theirs! The fear and desire is to maintain a White Christian majority Australia, just like the comrades before them. read more at
DRACONIAN MEANS TO AN END 2014

Labor and Liberal have joined in exploiting the sincerity of Chaplains in State schools without argument or Principles of Enlightenment, because when it comes down to it The program is cheap as chips, and having Christians in State school is not going to be harmful, right?

Meanwhile Scientists and journalists are sacked, advocates of the poorest in society are crushed with lack of funding. It wouldn't be so harsh under Labor...will it? 

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

 

Internet technology has made Governments anxious over dissenters on blogs and social networks. Spies and media officers are on the ascendency battling freedom of expression and search for Truth and Public accountability.
When politicians want to keep secrets so much you know there in injustice to be found - I mean acts of Treason. 

When Labor was in Government I couldn't believe how they denounced the role of whistleblowers like Julian Assange, seeking to denounce him rather than support him. 
Our embarassed and angry allie hadn't wanted us to know the callous disregard for civilians resulted in helicopter shots on kids and their dads. 

Australian JULIAN ASSANGE talks to TED


'Collatoral damage'  It's obviously in the major parties interests to see journalists/whistleblowers in gaol where they can't google and fraternise.

Power really does corrupt. Tony Abbott told us we have to surrender freedoms for the greater good. Both parties have been complicit in eroding human rights when Julian Assange and now Edward Snowdon dared to challenge Governments doing very bad, unethical, immoral stuff. 

I bet they wish for the good old days of Nixon and Kissinger bombing Cambodia to bits and pieces.

Abbott and Brandis puffed up self-righteousness is wicked. And not forgetting the other commandant Morrisson and his cruel, degrading, inhuman policy of boat refugees and contempt for UN Universal Human Rights.

There is one person in the ALP who I dips me lid to:

MELISSA PARKES Labor Woman and MP for Fremantle WA TOOK A STAND -  warning against complacency and abuses of power by the State. Hear Hear! Here is a Youtube clip of 

Melissa Parke MP House of Representatives 2014