free speech.
BILLBOARD Chris, the Canadian man who protests across the western world against the abuse of children by transgender activists, has been fined $806 under the petty, authoritarian, so-called bylaws of Brisbane City Council for peacefully standing in the Brisbane Mall with a sandwich board sign draped over his shoulders.
This act of peaceful protest apparently prompted some sort of “complaint” to the council who sent one of their bylaw officers to read a notice accusing Billboard Chris (Elston) of “obstructing or unreasonably disturbing any person lawfully using the Mall”.
Elston was clearly obstructing no-one. The only person doing the obstructing was the council officer, who was obstructing a person going about a peaceful protest in a public place.
Queensland police, in addition to two cycle patrol constables, sent two other female constables to enforce the council’s pathetic allegations. Police were left with the embarrassing job of issuing a move-on order to Elston, who chose arrest over obeying a spurious allegation by a bureaucrat.
We wonder how Brisbane LNP Mayor Adrian Schrinner will respond to this incident. Given that council Liberals have previously supported transvestite library readings it wouldn’t be surprising to see their endorsement of this attack on free speech.
Elston is in Australia for a legal free speech challenge which has been described as a “litmus test” for the international protection of the right to free speech against government censorship. Brisbane City Council just showed it is part of the authoritarian trend.
Elston will be visiting Sydney and Canberra before the trial in Melbourne at the end of March. He hopes to have time to hit the streets in both cities and appear at public speaking events.
Elston’s case goes back to February 28th, 2024, when Elston took to “X” to share a Daily Mail article titled “Kinky secrets of UN trans expert revealed”, in reference to Teddy Cook, an Australian woman who had her breasts removed and now identifies as a man.
Cook openly and brazenly posts about bestiality and says trans-identified people have better sex when they are high on illicit drugs, and wants government-funded childhood sex changes.
The article, and accompanying tweet, criticised the appointment of Cook to a World Health Organization “panel of experts” set to advise on global transgender policy – and Australians wonder where all the transgenderist propaganda comes from.
Cook complained about the post to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, who requested that “X” remove the content. X owner and free speech advocate Elon Musk initially refused, but following a subsequent formal removal order from the Commissioner, later geo-blocked the content in Australia.
X has since also filed an appeal against the order at the Administrative Review Tribunal in Melbourne.
Elston, with the support of ADF (Advocates Defending Freedom) International and the Australian Human Rights Law Alliance, and alongside Elon Musk’s “X”, is appealing the violation of his right to peacefully share his convictions.
The case will be heard in Melbourne for five days on the week beginning March 31st. Members of the public are invited to support Chris’s legal case here: https://adfinternational.org/campaign/support-billboard-chris