Sanctimonius is certainly not what the posts were intended to be. They provided an objective opinion of people who were being unfairly criticised. As for being weened on censorship - I've never had a post censored and hope I never do. I have never had reason to censor anyone - I'm afraid you lost me on this one.
Given the number of South Africans being granted visas to reside and work in Australia I doubt that your interpretation of the government mandate is correct.