[LINK] So what have we done about Melbourne IT's dirty deed

[Adam Todd]

>>this country anyway, there is little point waving your hands in the air
>>about rights that exist in the US.
>
>There is no freedom of speech in Australia, only the freedom of political 
>expression (as per a HC ruling about 20 years ago)
>
>>yet another reason to move to a republic with a bill of rights and a
>>constitution that a) give people rights b) restricts gov.
>
>Unfortunately that isn't the entire answer.
>
>When you give people rights then there is often an implicit addition that 
>what rights are not expressly given are denied, and also with governments, 
>that what actions are not expressly restricted are permitted.

Yes but we have laws like that already.

There was no LAW saying I could not put a shipping container on my front 
yard, even though I had verbal approval.

There was no law saying I could either.

And the result was a police raid, 21 days in a mental hospital, criminal 
charges, 12 months in court and the whole lot dismissed because there was 
no basis.

So we as a people need to be careful.