SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Must Read & make your views known to your MP or we will become a fascist country.

https://x.com/MaryKostakidis/status/2010975330752929855

**** Must Read & make your views known to your MP or we will become a fascist country. 'The Albanese government is introducing the Combatting Antisemitism Hate and Extremism Act 2026 into Parliament. Under this law, clothing is no longer just expression. It is conduct. A T-shirt is not an opinion. It is an act. Your chest becomes a regulated surface.The Act expands criminal vilification to include national origin. Israel is a nation-state. That alone pulls political criticism into criminal territory. Zionism is treated in public discourse as inseparable from Jewish identity, whether critics accept that framing or not. The law does not care what you mean. It cares how a hypothetical reasonable person might feel. Not actually feel. Hypothetically.' 'A lawyer’s opinion on the proposed legislation: There’s no express constitutional right to free speech or political affiliation, so any protection for wearing either shirt relies on the implied freedom of political communication. That operates as a limit on legislative power, not a personal shield. What’s notable is how deliberately this Bill is drafted to blunt that implication. It reframes political expression as regulation of “conduct” by expressly capturing the wearing of clothing in public. It expands protected attributes to national origin, pulling criticism of a foreign state into the criminal frame. It also removes any requirement for actual harm, relying on a hypothetical reasonable-person fear test.That structure makes criminal prosecution a realistic outcome where either a “Fuck Israel Fuck Zionism” shirt or a Joy Division shirt is worn in a protest context. The Constitution would offer only limited, post hoc protection, likely raised after charge. Courts may accept Parliament’s public safety framing. In practical terms, the implied freedom gives an argument on appeal, not protection from prosecution.' The new Antisemitism Bill - Andrew Brown

From michaelwest.com.au

6:20 PM · Jan 13, 2026