The Greens join today with millions of Australians celebrating David McBride\u2019s release from prison after he today became eligible for parole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens Senator and Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge said: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy friend David McBride has paid a terrible price for paying the truth. It\u2019s a price no whistleblower should ever be made to pay again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese Government has had the power to free David since they got elected and refused to act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor\u2019s Attorney General consented to the ongoing prosecution of David McBride and government agencies pressed for a serious jail sentence for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor, just like the Coalition before them, wanted David McBride silenced and together they had him locked up for more than two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “David walks out of prison today and he holds his head high, having spoken the truth and faced the full force of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile David is free, the laws that put him in jail are still standing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Australian Greens are committed to ensuring no more whistleblowers are prosecuted for the crime of telling the truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “What happened to David is a case study in why we need real whistleblower protections and how urgent these are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUntil the laws are fixed, the persecution of David McBride will stand as a warning to every public servant who might one day consider speaking up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen I have visited him in prison during his more than 2 years locked up, David\u2019s commitment to truth has been unwavering and I know he took immense comfort in the support he has in the community at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you David, you went to jail so we could all know the truth.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Greens join today with millions of Australians celebrating David McBride\u2019s release from prison after he today became eligible for parole. Greens Senator and Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge said: \u201cMy friend David McBride has paid a terrible price for paying the truth. It\u2019s a price no whistleblower should ever be made to pay again. \u201cThe … Continue reading “Greens celebrate news of the release of whistleblower David McBride from prison”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40396,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395\/revisions\/40396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}