Muslim activists in Australia lose free speech case

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Associated Press :Canberra, Feb 27 2013, 12:13 IST

said Monis and Droudis might not have been charged if the letters had been hand delivered.

Federal authorities have limited criminal jurisdiction in Australia and relied in this prosecution on its powers over national postal and electronic communications.

Australia has 1,550 troops in Afghanistan which is the biggest military contribution to the war of any country outside NATO. Australia has suffered 39 casualties over the past decade in Afghanistan and another 249 Australian soldiers have been wounded.

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Reginald Hutchison | 27-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

I find it disgusting that people who come to a Christian Country "should be asked if they are willing to fight for THIS COUNTRY and if necessary even against some from their home Country to keep this Christian Country safe from all who would plot to destroy this in any way!" If this cannot be in good conscious I suggest they be asked to find another place to live! If war (heaven forbid) broke out would they be rounded up as the Americans did with the American born Japanese after Pearl Harbour as we cannot send our troops out and leave people with split honours to different Countries too extreme for my thinking; just be honest with answers please It could be your wife & children while away fighting to keep them safe! don not leave extremist to take over, change Government policies & constitution keep it Christian!!

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Hellfire | 27-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

That there immigrants should send such messages to the relatives of those who have laid down their lives to try to make their home country a better place is wrong and deserves the maximum sentence that can be imposed by a court but when that is finished they should also be deported. Maybe then they may appreciate the better values and lifestyle that they could have taken advantage of here. Australia does not need immigrants who want to tear down our values etc.