Morrison is being transparently political in targeting climate groups

Condemning a protest is easy. Passing a new law to limit free speech is another matter altogether.

A blockade during a protest against the International
Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being transparently political in targeting climate groups like Extinction Rebellion in the hope he can tap into a resentment against activists who disrupt everyday life.

But he is yet to prove he can act on his tough talk when his own side of politics is supposed to stand for individual liberty. Would his own party room approve a law that forbids someone organising a boycott?

Isn't it free speech to urge your fellow citizens to ban a product or boycott a store or transfer their savings to a bank that will not lend to a controversial coal mine?

Read the opinion piece in The Age by David Crowe - “Morrison is being transparently political in targeting climate groups.”