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    Is there some sort of constitutional test , in austrilia, akin to the first amendment, that could shoot this down?
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    Is there some sort of constitutional test , in austrilia, akin to the first amendment, that could shoot this down?
    Australia, to my knowledge, only has a constitutionally mandated political freedom of speech. For example, you are allowed to criticize the bill, but the bill itself is not unconstitutional unless it blocks political websites.

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    The obvious solution is that every australian blogger posts a list of all links to all sites on the list and then see what happens.


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    Thanks Rudd. Muppet.
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    And I thought Kevin Rudd will make a decent leader


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    I hate Conroy...
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