“[But] we should not be kowtowing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country.”

—  Kevin Rudd

Mainstream media takes a cautious line over blasphemous cartoons, 7 February 2006, 13 February 2008, Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/media-takes-cautious-line-over-cartoons/2006/02/06/1139074171391.html,
Response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, and whether publishing the cartoons would be appropriate in Australian media outlets.
2006

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