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Comment by sdwisely | Hacker News Reader

As an Australian - good.

Move away from us, we should be considered toxic. It's the best thing that can happen for the rest of the world and it's the best thing that can happen for Australians.

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Also an Aussie, and I completely agree. Can you imagine the shitstorm if, say, Apple refused to release any more devices here due to this legislation? It would cause an uproar - every politician that voted for this bill would know that their head is on the chopping block when the next election rolls around.

and it looks like it just passed the senate unammended.

We are officially bad citizens of the internet and our contributions should be scrutinized as such.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-06/labor-backdown-federa...

Its not just the Internet. This is just a side-effect of a worse infliction. Australias human rights record needs serious inspection. Also, its militarism is scary.

The best thing that could happen for Australia and Australians is that the Australian public stop being so feckless and get their political classes under control.

I have little hope of that happening, however. Australians would rather smash avocados than exercise their sovereign rights to demand better politicians.

What can I do? Both sides passed this abomination.

I'll vote for privacy. Please give me an option.

Support the EFF, go to their events, get informed and inform your family and peers. Support the effort to ensure that Australians get a Bill of Rights.

https://www.efa.org.au

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