Freedom of Speech:
A former One Nation candidate is
suing a radio broadcaster for defamation
after the broadcaster described the One Nation party's faithful as "loonies"
and "whackos". Douglas Cecil Hesse, who stood for election as a member of the
reactionary-right One Nation party in 1998, is claiming $40,000 damages for
anxiety, upset and ill health. This is possible because this is Australia,
where libel/defamation laws designed centuries ago to protect the British
aristocracy from common riffraff with printing presses are still in force.