Submission to Senator Brandis
Submission to Senator Brandis in the light of the WA Senate election and other considerations
Dear Senator Brandis
As you know from our previous correspondence we are deeply concerned about your plans to either amend or cut Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. It is our belief that the debate around 18C influenced the WA Senate vote on the weekend and this resulted in a strong vote away from the major parties and created a Senate that will be more hostile to any attempt to change 18C. In this light we make the following submission for your consideration.
Yours truly
Bill Moyle, Gerry Moore, Peter Botsman
A SUBMISSION
FREEDOM OF SPEECH (REPEAL OF SECTION 18C) BILL 2014
Summary
We cite as the basis for our thoughts on this subject, a contribution by one of the founders of Liberty:
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom and no such thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or control the Right of another.
Benjamin Franklin, New England Courant, 49, 9 July 1722.
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