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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/01/scott-morrison-threatens-crackdown-on-secondary-boycotts-of-mining-companies>
"Scott Morrison has branded environmental protesters “anarchists” and
threatened a radical crackdown on the right to protest in a speech
claiming progressives are seeking to “deny the liberties of Australians”.
In a speech to the Queensland Resources Council on Friday, the prime
minister said a threat to the future of mining was coming from a “new
breed of radical activism” and signalled the government would seek to
apply penalties to those targeting businesses who provide services to
the resources industry.
Civil society groups, including the Human Rights Law Centre and
Australian Conservation Foundation, and the Greens immediately attacked
the proposal as undemocratic and a bid to stifle a social movement
fighting for Australia to take action on climate change."
The gloves are starting to come off. :(
This is a classic PR trick: If you fire first, accusing your opponents
of what you yourself are doing, you take away their ability to get any
media traction levelling the same claims against you - at worst you’ll
get “they’re both doing it”.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
