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Originally Posted by Renato1
The High Court had a ruling some years back about an implied right to Free Speech in relation to government and political discussion, as being in the Constitution.
Also, Australia is a signatory to the UN Human Rights Charter, which has freedom of speech aspects written into several of its clauses, though some other international agreement means the interpretation of what those clauses mean can include such things as 18C not violating those clauses.
Regards,
Renato
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Implied is no safeguard, any government of the day can change that through an act of legislation, as for human rights charters let's not go there considering how some refugees are treated.