However, in most Australian states false or misleading information in political advertising will still be permissible. False information can alter elections, affect voting participation, silence minorities, and polarise the electorate.
Monash Expert: The need for Australia-wide truth in political advertising laws
Murdoch's Australian
The article addresses a draft UN resolution advanced by the Palestinian Authority to be voted on in the General Assembly on Thursday (AEST). In essence the resolution demands immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank in compliance with the 19 July ruling by the International Court of Justice. The US is reported to be urging its allies to reject the draft resolution or abstain from voting on it.
Whilst the article reported that the Albanese Government declined to comment on Australia’s intentions, it was more than prepared to publish the views of Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham. He called upon the government to oppose the draft resolution “without hesitation or ambiguity”. Such reasons as Birmingham gave do him and his shadow government no credit. Let us consider them.
UN vote: Newspaper raises irrelevant questions about an ICJ decision
“Any country that fetishes gun-rights, celebrates open carry laws and idolises members of Government who wear AR-15 pins to work could be subject to this type of thing”
“If Political Violence Can Happen in America, It Can Happen in Any Country Where 400m Firearms Result in 50,000 Deaths Annually”
Secrecy and lack of transparency of government decisions mean that the public has not been told that these vital U.S. military facilities have made particular Western Australian locations targets for attack by an enemy of the U.S. in the event of war, such as a war against China.
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