Fantastic work NSW politicians – these laws correctly combat both the motivation and method of the horrific attacks at Bondi. It was the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996, the worst ever *terrorist* mass shooting in Australia’s history, and the third-worst massacre of people of Jewish faith in the world, only surpassed by the Holocaust and October 7 2023.
Unlike the US where we just send “thoughts and prayers” and just forget about it, Australia is known to respond to major sickening acts like this with strong legislative responses targeting both motivation and method.
Brave_Bluebird5042 on
They had to get it passed before it came out that the terrorists were so motivated and prepared that a deadly attack would have happened regardless of the laws.
INeedToShutUP1 on
I’m going to be honest, when will people wake up?
So many inaccuracies, mistakes, and just general restrictions of democratic rights.
Just see banning “Belt fed” shotguns that don’t exist lmao.
And regarding protest, its simply authoritarian, regardless of how you spin in.
Also on a general note, do people realise how much our freedoms have been impacted over the past couple years? We’ve seen:
* Nazi memorabilia ban on historical artefacts (nazi symbols bad, communism and imperial japan symbols okay 😂)
* Numerous ban on terror and extremist symbols in public (I can see where they’re coming from, but its a slippery slope, who gets to decide what is banned? Is the Palestine flag going to be banned?)
* Ban on Nazi salute (as much as I hate Nazis, it is a infringement of freedom of expression and in all honestly doesn’t address the root cause of neo-nazis)
Now the more serious concerns:
* Numerous hate speech laws over the years (never let the government decide what political speech is legal or illegal, who gets to decide what is and isn’t hate speech. Is criticising Israel hate speech now? If they stop you criticising a foreign government, is it much of a stretch for them to stop criticism of our own government?)
* Designating groups that AREN’T terror groups extremist in order to survey/act on them. This is very concerning, what even is an extremist group? Is a group protesting against Israel extremist? What about climate protesters? Anti-government protesters?
* Digital ID. I think we all know it will lead to mass digital surveillance, so pretty obvious why its authoritarian.
* Social media ban. Again, just a way to survey the internet with age verification.
* Social media ban part 2. This is very concerning, and the government has purposely been quiet about it. On December 27 and onwards, you’ll have to verify your age for fucking GOOGLE. This is clearly just digital surveillance.
* New protest laws are pretty obviously authoritarian. Banning all protest for 3 months totally isn’t authoritarian at all, right?
Btw these aren’t all the laws, just the ones I could remember.
The point I’m trying to make is that our freedoms have been restricted and censored over the past 3 years drastically, and again are being restricted.
Regardless of political opinion, this should at least be concerning, if not being terrifying. Are we seriously just all Sheep that don’t care about our freedoms?
Oh, and all of this is happening as we disarm more law abiding civilians. (Just a observation, doesn’t matter if you’re pro or anti gun)
MangoROCKN on
How is our government so out of touch… gun laws… come on bro
Rotor4 on
I’m not against closing loopholes etc but only see the law abiding will be affected by these changes. It won’t stop criminals gang bangers & ratbags because they don’t care about breaking the law. For that class of people it will be business as usual.
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Remember the laws were *already* sufficient.
This is political performance art.
Fantastic work NSW politicians – these laws correctly combat both the motivation and method of the horrific attacks at Bondi. It was the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996, the worst ever *terrorist* mass shooting in Australia’s history, and the third-worst massacre of people of Jewish faith in the world, only surpassed by the Holocaust and October 7 2023.
Unlike the US where we just send “thoughts and prayers” and just forget about it, Australia is known to respond to major sickening acts like this with strong legislative responses targeting both motivation and method.
They had to get it passed before it came out that the terrorists were so motivated and prepared that a deadly attack would have happened regardless of the laws.
I’m going to be honest, when will people wake up?
So many inaccuracies, mistakes, and just general restrictions of democratic rights.
Just see banning “Belt fed” shotguns that don’t exist lmao.
And regarding protest, its simply authoritarian, regardless of how you spin in.
Also on a general note, do people realise how much our freedoms have been impacted over the past couple years? We’ve seen:
* Nazi memorabilia ban on historical artefacts (nazi symbols bad, communism and imperial japan symbols okay 😂)
* Numerous ban on terror and extremist symbols in public (I can see where they’re coming from, but its a slippery slope, who gets to decide what is banned? Is the Palestine flag going to be banned?)
* Ban on Nazi salute (as much as I hate Nazis, it is a infringement of freedom of expression and in all honestly doesn’t address the root cause of neo-nazis)
Now the more serious concerns:
* Numerous hate speech laws over the years (never let the government decide what political speech is legal or illegal, who gets to decide what is and isn’t hate speech. Is criticising Israel hate speech now? If they stop you criticising a foreign government, is it much of a stretch for them to stop criticism of our own government?)
* Designating groups that AREN’T terror groups extremist in order to survey/act on them. This is very concerning, what even is an extremist group? Is a group protesting against Israel extremist? What about climate protesters? Anti-government protesters?
* Digital ID. I think we all know it will lead to mass digital surveillance, so pretty obvious why its authoritarian.
* Social media ban. Again, just a way to survey the internet with age verification.
* Social media ban part 2. This is very concerning, and the government has purposely been quiet about it. On December 27 and onwards, you’ll have to verify your age for fucking GOOGLE. This is clearly just digital surveillance.
* New protest laws are pretty obviously authoritarian. Banning all protest for 3 months totally isn’t authoritarian at all, right?
Btw these aren’t all the laws, just the ones I could remember.
The point I’m trying to make is that our freedoms have been restricted and censored over the past 3 years drastically, and again are being restricted.
Regardless of political opinion, this should at least be concerning, if not being terrifying. Are we seriously just all Sheep that don’t care about our freedoms?
Oh, and all of this is happening as we disarm more law abiding civilians. (Just a observation, doesn’t matter if you’re pro or anti gun)
How is our government so out of touch… gun laws… come on bro
I’m not against closing loopholes etc but only see the law abiding will be affected by these changes. It won’t stop criminals gang bangers & ratbags because they don’t care about breaking the law. For that class of people it will be business as usual.