The Gagging Of Schapelle Corby: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

If “These are matters independent of government.’’
why was Julie Bishop intervening in such a public way?

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

When asked last Friday whether Corby should be allowed to sell her story to the media, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the government believed in the principle that people should not profit from crime.

“But whether or not these circumstances arise, whether or not action is taken, will be a matter for Australian Federal Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions,’’ she told reporters in Adelaide.

“These are matters independent of government.’’

But Prime Minister Tony Abbott made a stronger stance, telling Fairfax Radio last Thursday that “crime should not pay”.

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Gagging Schapelle Corby

The gagging of Schapelle Corby, breaching her human right of free speech, was the culmination of a process involving politicians, the AFP and the Australian media. It was driven by fear: fear that she would use her platform to expose the material published by The Expendable Project, which proves corruption and malversation amongst all these parties.

This website logs the many interventions made, as the Australian establishment sought to create pressure, not only within its own borders, but in Australia. The vehicle used was to be the myth of an enormous payment for an interview, a payment which never existed.

Ultimately, the perpetrators of this campaign were successful, in deluding the public, and and in provoking the requsiste response from Jakarta.