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The VE Bulletin Excerpts
'No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself' Rudyard Kipling
Australia Day Parade - censoring democracy
As a response to the banning of SAVES participation in the 2005 Australia Day Grand Parade the Hon Sandra Kanck MLC Leader of the Australian Democrats issued a media release stating:
"It’s astonishing that the Australia Day Council has decided to censure various organisations on the one day of the year we celebrate our democracy… The decision mocks the official Australia Day website that claims the day is a celebration of - Our freedom and democracy - A society built on fundamental rights and responsibilities - Freedom of thought and expression. - Participation in government and respect for and equality under the law".
SAVES is in correspondence with both the Australia Day Council and the Adelaide City Council on this matter.
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