Reuben Richardson

Message from Bob Katter from FB: “This beggars belief! We now face the very real prospect of Canberra-based bureaucrats deciding whether I’ve made a "hate statement" or whether I haven’t. Canberra: a place so out-of-touch it voted over 60% FOR the Voice, while over 60% of the rest of Australia voted AGAINST it. If you ever needed proof that this place does not reflect the real world, well, there it is. Clear as day. And it doesn’t stop there. They’re pushing overarching legislation that gives bureaucrats the power to tell YOU what you can and can’t say (on top of legislation that passed just before Christmas that dictates what you can or can't do in your own backyard). A group of paper-pushers, whose shoe leather has never touched anything but concrete pavement, will likely have the power to decide whether you can attend a rally or recite the Bible... this is on top of telling you whether you cut down a tree, plant a tree, or do any number of things on your own property. Well, I’ll tell you right now: this is not freedom. This won't stop Bondi from reoccurring. This is not common sense. And it’s not Australia as we know it. I’ll be standing up against these powers every step of the way. Because once they control "your backyard", they control your life. And we know what kind of society that is.”