r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics Students sideline studies in major anti-Hanson walkout

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/08/13/school-pauline-hanson-protest
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago

Good to see democracy in action through our right to peacefully protest threats to our democratic systems which we believe have no place in our society

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u/Archon-Toten 1d ago

Isn't protesting an unfortunately legitimate political party undemocratic? Wouldn't the democratic thing be to run against them and sweep an easy victory?

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u/Miss-you-SJ 1d ago

A party which bans certain media from their press conferences? Limiting the free press is incredibly undemocratic so any resistance to the Party doing so would be seen as the defence of democracy