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FEDERAL
ATTACK DOG CENSORS SA CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
28 November 2006
Workers on Adelaide building sites have been threatened with criminal penalties by the federal government's construction industry task force in relation to Thursday's national day of community action.
A short time ago construction workers were ordered to remove a giant Your Rights at Work banner which was unfurled on the Advertiser building site in the city this morning.
The workers were also threatened with fines if they wore Your Rights at Work t-shirts, displayed Your Rights at Work stickers on their hard hats and equipment, or if they possessed leaflets about Thursday's event.
SA Unions Secretary, Janet Giles says it is "big brother" style censorship.
"The federal government is clearly very nervous about Thursday's community rally. It is Orwellian censorship is more suited to a totalitarian regime rather than a robust healthy democracy."
"The federal government is willing to sacrifice freedom of speech in an 11th hour attempt to disrupt the rally. Well we have news for the government - Australians are unhappy and they will be out in force on Thursday to defend their rights, and that includes their right to free speech", Ms Giles says.
"People will not be deterred - in fact the action of the government's attack dog will make people more determined than ever to protest against these unfair laws."
The Construction Industry Task Force laws led today to workers and building site managers being threatened with criminal penalties, which could include jail terms and unspecified fines.
"It is an extraordinary heavy handed response to the hanging of a banner", ms Giles says.
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