The link in this thread, which contains rather dated material clearly is defamatory of Bill Shorten, not of some unknown and unnamed mystery person, but of a man who in 2 weeks time hopes to become the next Australian Prime Minister. What is nothing more than allegation and innuendo, old as it is, is presented in the link in such a way that a reasonable person reading it would believe it to be proven fact, and Bill Shorten is all that it says he is.

I haven't looked at the link.
I'm not interested in giving Labor my vote anyway.
It'd be like taking a perfectly good vote and flushing it straight down the toilet.

I think one test of whether Diver Dan's post is acceptable, is the conviction that he back up and defend his original post, which he has.

Yes, we are losing our right to speak freely online.
- But make no mistake people it would be the same if Hillary and Shorten were running the show.
- It's a global agenda -

It won't be because of Trump, and it won't be because of ScoMo;
And it surely won't be because of anything any forum member here says.

In any case, we should all consider that Graham had to make a point because the forum may indeed come under scrutiny one day because of this war on free speech, and the things we post and comment on.

Long Live Free Speech.

I can't be bothered opening up reference, but it's obvious that Saint Bill is being criticised; The usual nitwits are objecting, telling Graham what he should and shouldn't be publishing. The same people, of course, who roll in the muck like dogs when anything untoward is revealed by the MSM about transgressions on the other side.

Go Graham! Go diver dan!

Bit of misunderstanding here. The post is not defamatory. Everything stated in it is true, and it references public information. I wouldn't have allowed it to be posted if I thought it was defamatory. However, it's easy for people to overstep the mark, and it is obvious that the author of the original article has overstepped, and is continuing to overstep, the mark.

I was just issuing a warning to posters to be careful

There is probably a lot of muck to come out before the election; which brings us to the problem of early voting, whereby, the Reds in particular, can have a guilt-free vote before they know the truth about their heroes.

Early voting is boon for Labor. Labor starts slinging mud against non-Labor candidates right from the start, whereas the stupid Coalition is too gentlemanly to say anything about the Reds until it istoo late - if they say anything at all.

But, how the Reds do squeal whenever their own tactics are used against them!

Dear Ttbn,

What makes you think that anyone cares or even knows about the mud, or that politicians are anyone's heroes?

When I get my ballot papers, all I do is to go online and open the "policies" section of all 20 or so parties, rate their policies (on a scale of -10 to +10) and mark the ballot paper accordingly (except that the two dinosaurs always come last). There's enough work in there anyway - who's got time for the muck?