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A report tabled in Parliament today contains recommendations that would stifle free speech and reduce environmental organisations’ ability to hold governments and other decision-makers accountable for their actions.
Last year, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott set up the inquiry, and despite it actually finding that environmental organisations are doing a great job, has made several recommendations that would directly attack not only environment groups’ ability to advocate for our environment, but the idea of peaceful civil disobedience.
Government taking aim at #environment groups, stifling #advocacy work. #defendenviroorgs #friendoffoe https://t.co/fSXDyl5iB4 via @theage
— Market Forces (@market_forces) May 4, 2016
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