It's not the "right" to call for assassinations I'm worried about; it's the right to peaceful protest and legitimate dissent. The government of the day and its bureaucracy have shown contempt for such liberal niceties, and, sadly, Australia (being a former penal colony and imperial military outpost) does not have a robust tradition of civil liberties (witness the way how many officials, from police officers on the ground to the highest levels of government, will quite happily twist the rules to harass or neutralise those they disapprove of).
I couldn't agree more. Why should what anybody says be considered a threat? It's when an individual tries to DO what they say (ie. commit a violent act) that they're legitimately breaking the law. Pre-emption. It's the scourge of the beginning of the 21st century.
Kill Howard. He is an infidel (That should test the new laws out).