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Desmond Bellamy – Special Projects Coordinator, PETA Australia – Byron Bay 

Great to see the deputy prime minister declaring his fervent support for freedom of speech, following the Twitter bans in the USA.

We wait with baited breath for his announcement that he will now fight to repeal all the ‘ag-gag’ laws that the Federal and State governments have been enacting, the purpose of which is to deny free speech to those seeking to expose extreme examples of animal cruelty, neglect and violations of animal protection laws on Australian farms.

If we are one and free, let’s also be consistent and caring.

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