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Yeah... look, with our Government passing far reaching anti-encryption laws (that impact the entire world) without the need for judicial oversight[1] and planni
by Benjamin_Dobell 8y ago
Yeah... look, with our Government passing far reaching anti-encryption laws (that impact the entire world) without the need for judicial oversight[1] and planning to move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem after officially recognising the latter as the capital of Israel[2], and the general Australian population paying no bloody attention at all; gag orders are pretty low down on the list of stupid shit going on.
It's getting down-right depressing to be an Australian citizen.
[1] https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australias-encryption-bill-faces-17-changes-to-pass-parliament-516547 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australias-encryption-bill-fa...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/australian-government-to-recognise-jerusalem-as-israels-capital https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/australian-gov...
- tzs 8y ago> planning to move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem after officially recognising the latter as the capital of Israel Note that your source says that they are not moving the embassy until after a peace deal is reached.
- Benjamin_Dobell 8y agoScott Morrison said: > And we look forward to moving our embassy to West Jerusalem when practical, in support of, and after, final-status determination So he is indeed already planning to move the embassy, and chose to make this decision public.
- tzs 8y agoYou offered this as an example of Australian government stupidity. My point is that their planned move is to take place after the issues that make moving it stupid will no longer be applicable. Moving it before the status of Jerusalem is settled, like the US plans to, is stupid. Saying you'll move it, but only after the city's status is settled by a two state peace deal, does not seem to be stupid.