{"id":757758,"date":"2019-07-19T07:56:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757758"},"modified":"2019-07-19T07:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:56:30","slug":"you-cant-handle-the-truth-australias-pm-wants-trespass-laws-targeting-animal-activists-passed-within-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757758","title":{"rendered":"YOU CAN&#8217;T HANDLE THE TRUTH: Australia&#8217;s PM wants trespass laws targeting animal activists passed within two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The proposed laws also create a new offence for using the internet to incite others to trespass, following the publication of an online map with the location of hundreds of livestock farms, meatworks and dairies.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ROSEMARY BOLGER:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told farmers he expects laws designed to stop animal activists from &#8220;invading&#8221; their properties to be passed within the next two weeks. In the lead up to the federal election, the government promised the crackdown after a series of confrontations between animal activists and farmers&#8230; The prime minister said the actions of animal activists had contributed to a perception, particularly among young people that farms damaged the environment&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The proposed laws also create a new offence for using the internet to &#8220;incite&#8221; others to trespass, following the publication of an online map with the location of hundreds of livestock farms, meatworks and dairies&#8230; &#8220;Those laws have been introduced to criminalise these actions of these cowardly keyboard warriors who incite crimes,&#8221; the prime minister said&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Anti-cruelty activists have justified their aggressive tactics arguing they have exposed inhumane treatment of animals that has led to prosecution&#8230; In March, an NSW egg farmer was convicted of animal cruelty after activists broke into the farm and found 4,000 live chickens in poor condition squashed into a shed and another 1,000 dead chickens&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Earlier in the year, Gippsland&#8217;s Gippy Goat Cafe closed &#8211; blaming &#8220;abusive vegan activists&#8221; who it said had subjected staff and customers to months of harassment. 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