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Dear John,
In a significant win for supporters of freedom of speech in
Australia, last week the Albanese Labor government backed down and
withdrew its controversial ‘misinformation and disinformation’ bill
from Parliament.
Labor was left with little choice after a growing chorus of
industry leaders, academics and media commentators joined One Nation
in opposing the legislation – with even the left-wing Guardian
newspaper crediting our leadership in defending freedom of
speech.
Unfortunately, it’s too early to pop the champagne corks. Labor has
a history attacking freedom of speech, going back to Julia Gillard’s
attempt to gag the media in 2011 and Kevin Rudd’s demands for a
punitive investigation into News Ltd, and we all saw Labor’s attacks
on the media for daring to platform the ‘no’ campaign during the
referendum. Labor has promised the ‘misinformation’ bill will return
to Parliament after it’s gone back to the drawing board.
Labor's under enormous pressure from the Greens, who also want an
inquiry into News Ltd. These parties’ contempt for the intelligence of
the Australian voter, and our ability to sort truth from fiction
ourselves, is on full display.
And we still can’t trust the Opposition. While they’ve made some
noises about freedom of speech, it must not be forgotten they
introduced their own ‘misinformation and disinformation’ legislation
before losing the election last year. Only One Nation and its
supporters stand in defence of freedom of speech, an essential
principle of Australian democracy, and we’ll continue to fight against
whatever new version of this legislation they attempt.
This week sees the return of the Please
Explain Cartoon, and we thank you for your continued support in
keeping series two alive. Without the gin and merchandise sales, we
simply couldn't keep it going.
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Kind regards,
Damian Huxham
National Secretary | Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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