Filmmaker Robert Connolly told a Senate Committee today that the sedition provisions in the current Anti-Terrorism Bill had the potential to curb freedom of speech and expression in
Speaking at the Senate Inquiry into the new Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2, 2005) Connolly outlined the key concerns of a broad coalition of Australian filmmakers and artists regarding the sedition provisions in Schedule 7 of the Bill.
Connolly noted that sedition laws were increasingly seen internationally as un-democratic, and had been repealed over the past forty years in countries such as
He further pointed out that the only countries with active sedition laws in the world were China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Zimbabwe.
Connolly said “it seems pretty clear to me which list the majority of Australians would want
Please click here to download more details of Robert's presentation to the Committee.
"Sedition law is the sleeping giant of authoritarianism, and it has the potential to inhibit freedom of expression and restrict open democracy.
The proposal has only been defended by the Commonwealth Attorney General, Philip Ruddock. No other senior lawyer or legal academic in
