Our government has shown itself to be a major source of harmful misinformation and disinformation [...] and now they want to shut down your free speech which is a foundation of our democracy to allow them to crush dissent. Don't let them do it. Call you Federal Senator NOW. (Republished from communications from Phillip Altman and Alison Bevege on Substack.)
It's down to the Senate vote: this is how you can tell them "NO."
@lettersfromaustralia">List of senators on Alison Bevege's Substack Blog.
The Censorship Bill now before the Parliament was punched through the lower house in a shock vote on Monday, November 7.
They did this on the sly, while we were looking at the US elections - then blinded us with the squid ink of “ban on social media for under-16s”.
It has now passed both the Second and the Third Readings, which leaves just the Senate to stop it with a vote.
This “Misinformation” Bill will give an unelected bureaucracy (ACMA) control of everything you can hear, see and say on social media, censoring the internet.
ACMA is full of Permanent Canberra beaurocrats, spies and ex-cops. They will decide what is “accurate” and what is “wrong” or “lies” and then censor what they deem “misinformation”.
You will never again see or share a dissenting scientific, medical or economic opinion if the Government decides it is causing too much flack for the bureaucracy or their corporate “partners”.
If you want free speech you must act now, there’s no time to waste. Senate next sits November 18 - you can see the calendar here.
To stop this Bill you need to contact the Senators in your state - and tell them that if they vote this into law, that you will punish them at the next election and campaign actively to have them voted out. Go in person (but be polite) to their nearest electoral office. Failing that, phone their office. Be always calm and polite - never rude.
There must be electoral consequences for this.
I will update this Substack with a record of how they voted. They will not be forgotten.
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