Amazing turn-outs for Rallies!
Given the weather across the nation was all shades of horrible, from scorching heat to pouring rain (or in Sydney, both!) there were amazing turn outs all over the nation with estimates between 3,000 to 5,000 people reflected in the media.
Numerous guest speakers showed up to support our opposition of censorship, from various political groups, through to industry specific organisations. The support was amazing and much needed for a campaign being run on a shoestring budget opposing a Government which will willingly pour millions of tax payers funds into spin campaigns to avoid media and public scrutiny, or worse (in their opinion) the requisite need for public consultation.
Coverage of the event by all major Australian networks, most papers, online news sites, and even quite a bit of international media coverage and an interview in Rolling Stone magazine will hopefully send a message home to the Government that we, the people of Australia, are not satisfied with an undemocratic enforcement of censorship above and beyond what any rational Australian would ask for.
Our opposition resounded from all capital cities; this is not the answer. The mandatory filter should be shelved and compulsory and enforced censorship should be taken off the table forever in a free and democratic nation like Australia.
We wish to thank all those who volunteered across the country to bring this rally to a head, we have managed to represent an otherwise voiceless minority of well educated internet users who would otherwise remain lurking in blogs or tech columns of the media. We have also managed to educate and inform not just regular Australian’s, but many journalists as to the fact this censorship will also apply to them.
In a nation which already has an abhorrent track record for freedom of the press, this censorship issue will impact their ability to report on stories, or their ability to research; not just journalists, but lawyers, academics, students, et cetera.
It was absolutely heart warming to see so many people stand up and be heard in defence of their liberties and behind all the hard work and sleepless nights that one day and it’s subsequent storm of media coverage and interviews has without a doubt inspired all members of the Digital Liberty Coalition that they are fighting for good people and a good cause; the Government may have infinite resources, but we have infinite time, patience and most of all, the one weapon that they have to dismiss the most–logic–on our side.
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