...people do feel able to speak a little more freely and a little more openly about what they feel ... I welcome the fact that people can now talk about...fear of being branded as a bigot or as a racist'. These words skilfully use the capacity of English to be vague. 'Freedom' and 'feelings' are generally...

...people do feel able to speak a little more freely and a little more openly about what they feel... I welcome the fact that people can now talk about...certain things without living in fear of being branded us a bigot or as a racist'. These words skilfully use the capacity of English to be vague. 'Freedom'...

...'people do feel free to speak a little more freely and a little more openly about what they feel ... I welcome the fact that people can now talk about...living in fear of being branded as a bigot or as a racist'.16 Tragedy or farce? In one sense, One Nation was a farce. It was inept, incompetent, unintelligent...

...debate which his government had created, the lifting of 'the pall of censorship on certain issues': 'People can now talk about certain things without living in fear of being branded as a bigot or a racist'.25 Finally, after enduring much criticism both in the Australian and in the Asian media for...

...danger of being swamped by Asians'. Howard held back from criticising Hanson, and said, provocatively, 'I welcome the fact that people can now talk about...fear of being branded as a bigot or as a racist.' He claimed he was not responding to Hanson, but those comments, and his muted response to the uproar...

...Commonwealth parliament — are unconvincing. Six months after he took office in 1996, Howard welcomed 'the fact that people can now talk about certain things...without living in fear of being branded as a bigot or a racist'. This possibility was tested by Pauline Hanson, the Independent member for Oxley, who had...