A century ago, Australians and Frenchmen were in the trenches of the Western Front fighting and dying to defend France and uphold the freedoms cherished by us both. And our servicemen and women are together in freedoms fight today. We are heartbroken by the news from Paris and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the people of France whose liberty and security has been so grievously attacked in the terrorists massacre of the staff of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris yesterday. This attack was a murderous assault on civilisation and in particular on one of its key foundations - a free and independent press. It was an attack on every free society and on every journalist, every cartoonist, every newspaper, every broadcaster. Thousands of Parisians have filled the Place de la Republique to show their solidarity, their compassion, their love of liberty and their determination not to be intimidated by terrorists and their cult of hate and death. Je suis Charlie their signs read. From Australia, and around the world, we can all say today Nous sommes aussi Charlie.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:04:29 +0000
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