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PAULINE HANSON AND SRI LANKAN PROTESTORS – by Gajalakshmi Paramasivam Image Source: TTF  I begin with an excerpt from the Chapter on ‘Sovereignty’ in my book: The Australian government continues to actively promoting its ‘sovereign-border policy ’ in Sri Lanka. It is a continuing challenge not only for the government but also for us ordinary Australians. Why is it important for me to maintain my Sovereignty? Truth, I believe is Sovereign. Only a Sovereign body has the moral authority to make its own laws. The laws I make for myself would lead me to live in peace, through a balanced mind. As per my Sovereignty, my conscience is my judge. Where I do not make laws for myself, my actions become my ‘external laws’. These are the measures applicable in determining ‘rights and wrongs’ in my home environments. These include my workplaces. Then there is also the inner law – through ...