Last week’s Backlash column noted a video circulating online of the Qld Deputy Police Commissioner’s plea to report fellow citizens who express anti-Government/Police/COVID conspiracy views.
Lest this be implicitly construed as intimidation of free speech, it would appear that the right to criticise in ‘good faith’ OUR government and its policies is protected by the following legislation: Crimes Act 1914 – Section 24F, Criminal Code Act 1995 – Section 80.3. Notwithstanding, being officially under suspicion or on a watch list has now become a punishment in itself that covertly infringes upon an otherwise sinless person’s ability to function normally within society.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
