That's disappointing but believable. Is the coalition liberals and nationals again? I haven't been following Australian news for a while.
The thing that really bugs me is that even if people believe the rape stuff they should (were they principled) be able to separate that from the freedom of information and journalistic issues, along with the police state one world dictator stuff of the us. That the rape allegations quiet the protest on the other stuff shows how far those principles stretch (not that far).