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'Silencing Dissent is a timely, disturbing and unnerving book '
- from the foreword by Robert Manne
Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison answers your questions
We recently ran a competition where readers got to ask Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison questions about Silencing Dissent. They have now answered the winning questions and we have posted them on this website for you to read. Read their answers.
About Silencing Dissent
Edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison
Silencing Dissent is a frightening analysis of the tactics used by the Howard government to silence independent experts and commentators as well as public servants and organisations which criticise its policies.
For over a decade, the Howard government has found ways to silence its critics, one by one. Like the proverbial frog in boiling water, Australians have become accustomed to repeated attacks on respected individuals and organisations. For a government which claims to support freedom of speech and freedom of choice, only certain kinds of speech and choices appear to be acceptable.
Read the foreword in Silencing Dissent, written by Robert Manne.
Silencing Dissent is available at all good bookstores from February 2007. You can also order this book online through Allen & Unwin's website.
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