Un-Australian activities

US anti-war activist arrested in Melbourne, to be deported on "character grounds"; it appears that his crime was questioning US foreign policy (i.e., being "prejudicial to relations between Australia and a foreign country") and/or talking about non-violent protest.

Now can anyone still say that Australia is a liberal pluralist democracy, rather than an authoritarian paternalist regime?

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Well, that was quite a gripping episode of Spooks; Season 4 seems to be is off to a good start. And it looks like the terrorists now have BLUE LED TECHNOLOGY. Ph3ar!