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		qcnguy 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S... The AEC did nothing to stop the Australian government trying to criminalize the views of its political opponents, so it's not doing all that much heavy lifting.

defrost 2 days ago [–]

Specificity helps here; which government and which political opponents?

eg: Do you refer to the government of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and its clandestine actions wrt organisers of the Vietnam moratorium protests?

* https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/persons-interest-asio-... etc.

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