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Laws have been introduced in NSW to prevent people "causing annoyance"during the pope's visit:
This in the end will cause more trouble and have the opposite effect as people, from anti-homophobia and pro-contraception activists, to victims of abuse (and certain comedians), will be testing both the scope of the laws and the willingness of the authorities to uphold them.Police have told organisations planning to campaign during World Youth Day events they need to have placards, banners and T-shirts pre-approved or risk losing their protest "rights".
Last week, at the Gold Coast in Queensland, a 16 year old teen, just walking down the street, was arrested for wearing a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' and has been charged with offensive behaviour. He wasn't skateboarding were he shouldn't, he wasn't ghetoblasting his heavy metal, he was wearing a t-shirt. More on News.com.au
Australia doesn't have a Bill of Rights which protects freedom of speach.
