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There has been a lot of talk about fighting for freedom and the threat posed by a tyrant but the Australian Government is currently engaged in a course of action which not only threatens our freedom but will harm every single person living in this country.

The ABC is our main source of independent information. Almost everyone has access to it through radio if not through television. Unlike books and newspapers it reaches the blind and the illiterate. It is therefore the very foundation of democracy. And yet the same government which is so proud to call itself democratic is cutting the funding of the very institution on which democracy depends for its survival.

Even those who do not make use of this service themselves, benefit greatly from what it gives those who do.

We live in an ever more complex and dangerous world where our survival is dependent on the information that gives us the understanding we need to change our lives and our world. Our sources of information are the last thing we should allow to be a victim of economic decline.

-2>The greatest giver and protector of freedom is information. Information, when accessible and unrestricted, takes power from those who would abuse it and puts it into the hands of those who need it.0>

Unless we fight now for freedom of information we may find we have nothing left worth fighting for.
David Munn
South Brighton SA
[Edited for length.]

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