The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about electoral reforms (thanks @thejuicemedia), and it’s surprisingly honest and informative (and they're hoping you don't hear about it) #TwoPartySystem #CancelLabor #auspol

I don‘t like to make even the mildest criticism of Pauline Hanson out of respect for what she has done over four decades. However, the criminalisation of political speech in Australia by this so-called “Hate Crimes" legislation is such an important issue, that I believe it’s fair enough to call out her "abstaining" as a terrible error of judgement. If One Nation had some issues with the Bill they should have fought and argued for amendments to the legislation to try and safeguard freedom of speech. The Bill should never have included groups holding "politician opinions" as one of the protected groups. The "good faith defence" should never have been removed. And with such a wide range of speech that new laws could apply to - from a minor technical breach to something very serious - "mandatory sentencing" should never have been part of this Bill. At the very least, amendments should have been moved to remove these provisions from the Bill. My advice to One Nation would be to admit error, say that you were distracted with other issues, and apologise for getting it wrong - rather than digging a deeper hole.