77 The death of Australian democracy. This is the most substantive page of Andrew Bogut’s letter (the basketballer), that I posted the Tweet of, yesterday. It matters, because in it, the Electoral Commission states that it is ILLEGAL for a member of the public to openly criticize the government… (media.kotakuinaction2.win) posted 2 years ago by bamboozler1 2 years ago by bamboozler1 +78 / -1 13 comments download share 13 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
this is a fucking disgrace. read the full post at https://mobile.twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/1483390779095916544
the guy posted a video on twitter saying "vote them out", and now those same politicians are using their authority in the australian government to claim it's a criminal violation of elections laws.
Yeah, all true, except this is explicitly the Victorian government, so it’s state laws at play, here…
I forgot which Tweet it was that got him in trouble/triggered this (he did explain that, didn’t he?), so kudos for that, though!!