Senator Matt Canavan
@mattjcan
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Radical plans for renewables are destroying our farmland and environment. Senator for QLD. Authorised by Matt Canavan, LNP, 34 East St, Rockhampton Qld 4700
Rockhampton
Joined July 2012
Great news everyone! The misinformation bill is dead!!!. Thanks to all of your work to make this happen. We must always protect free speech.
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The moment that the US exited the Paris climate agreement. There is no reason Australia should remain in Paris when China, India, Indonesia, and now the US, are not.
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Did you know that during COVID, the Australian Government asked twitter to remove a post that claimed that "lockdowns are ineffective" because it was "misinformation". The post was from a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, @MartinKulldorff . The Australian
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Instead of whining about Trump tariffs like we are some kind of hopeless basket case - how about Australia just takes charge of our own destiny for a change?. We should get out of the Paris climate agreement, dump net zero (which is dead anyway because of Trump) and unleash a New.
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We have had a big win for free speech this week. But the battle continues in Australia where our govt is trying to silence its people under the cover of "misinformation". The next Senate hearing is next Monday. I will fighting to stop this attack on free speech.
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The biggest and most dangerous spreader of misinformation is the government.
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Imagine being Kevin Rudd having to explain at your first meeting with Donald Trump that the Australian Government wants to fine American social media companies 5% of their GLOBAL turnover if they don't restrict free speech and police "misinformation" 😂
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"Australia MUST do something about climate change!". 🤡
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Congratulations @realDonaldTrump on your re-election. Your opponents have tried to besmirch you, impeach you, convict you, jail you and even assassinate you. But you have overcome it all to pull off the greatest political comeback in history. Your courage, determination and
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The misinformation bill is not dead yet. I was honoured to continue the fight for free speech with Michael @shellenberger in Parliament House this morning. As Michael points out, this is a coordinated, global effort to silence people. Many of their efforts have failed overseas
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We are so close to defeating Labor's Misinformation and Disinformation (MAD) Bill thanks to all of your efforts. I need you to keep calling and posting over the next fortnight so that all Australians get free speech as an early Christmas present.
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As much as many of us are celebrating President Trump's remarkable leadership today, his decisions are a huge challenge to Australia. Trump's actions on energy, climate and red tape will only grow the economic gap between Australia and the world's biggest economy. Even before.
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How come a 14 year old is old enough to join the Victorian Labor party but not old enough to use social media? 🤔
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Australians suffer biggest drop in living standards in developed world. Australian Government reponse: let's ban YouTube for kids. Where is the leadership in Australia?. 😔
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The Australians who were forced to get the vaccine, were injured by the vaccine or sacked because they wouldn't get the vaccine - and all others hurt by draconian COVID measures - deserve JUSTICE and closure from a full-scale Covid Royal Commission.
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Australia's proposed misinformation laws protect the banks over the right of Australians to speak freely. If these laws pass you won't be able to say anything that causes harm to "public confidence in the banking system.". So under these laws those who called out the
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The Australian Government's social media ban is a shambles. YouTube will be banned for kids. Snapchat - which is bullying central for young kids - will be allowed. This seems more about keeping kids from information than about bullying or harassment.
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It's a humble beginning but the Department of Implementing No Government Overreach is now up and running in my small Senate office in Canberra. Lots of govt waste and red tape to cut!
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What if a 15 yr old has a job where the boss communicates with his or her team over facebook messenger? . Under the social media ban the 15 year old would be locked out of the staff chat. We let 14 and 15 year olds have a job but we won't let them have a facebook account?.
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Governments do not want kids on YouTube because they do not want them to receive alternative views to the state-sponsored propaganda they get in schools.
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The Senate just voted to gag debate on the social media ban later this evening. There will be just 1 hour of debate left before it is put to a vote. The debate will start later this evening (ETA ~7pm) - after 27 other Bills are rammed through the Senate. Our democracy is a.
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If we can ban kids from social media, can we ban them from taking life altering puberty blockers too!.
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Imagine a world where politicians have the gall to tell the rest of us not to lie.
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Just finished first draft of my social media ban report due 9am tomorrow. My current thinking: . 1. Inquiry to be extended and no vote this week. 2. Prohibit use of digital ID for age verification. 3. The "reasonable steps" not to be defined by eSafety Commissioner.
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The reason people listen to Joe Rogan is because the mainstream media told so many lies during COVID and they ridiculed anyone with a different opinion. And they roll out the same play with climate, Ukraine, puberty blockers, etc. It is so refreshing listening to the likes of.
ABC Chair Kim Williams has launched a scathing attack on Joe Rogan, branding the podcaster as “deeply repulsive” during an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday.
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The re-election of Trump means that we can all say what we think again.
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I just can't believe we have a Government so crazy that they want to ban YouTube for kids. My 10 year old son is obsessively waiting for @over_simplified to release Part 3 of his Second Punic War series. YouTube is an amazing resource to teach kids about the world. Let the.
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As I said there will be a silver lining from tonight's shameful stitch up in the Senate. A whole new generation of young Australians are now activated and passionate about their democracy. If you stay like that, we will have a better Government in the future. It has been great.
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Looks like the ABC aired a doctored video to bolster its case against Australian troops in Afghanistan. Yet the mainstream media is exempt from the "misinformation" bill?. The misinformation bill is about protecting them, not you.
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With @SenatorPayman's courageous call to say no to the Misinformation and Disinformation (MAD) Bill there are now enough votes to stop the unjust censoring of Australians. Thanks for you all your efforts to get us here. Don't let up though. Nothing is certain until the votes.
My position on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024. #auspol #democracy #freedom
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Labor’s misinformation bill has been designed to control what you’re allowed to say. Professor Anne Twomey is one of Australia's most respected constitutional lawyers. We should listen to her.
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Now we get to the part of the misinformation bill which shows what it is really about. You can't post stuff that causes serious harm to the "efficacy of preventative health measures in Australia". 🤥
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The many Australians who were forced to get the vaccine, were injured by the vaccine or sacked for not getting it deserve a full-scale Covid Royal Commission. I write in the CQ Today on the weekend about the need to hold the Covid decision-makers to account in public and under
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Thanks for all the support and assistance. All you can do is do your best and fight your hardest. And the fight continues!.
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ChatGPT better be careful. It is dangerously close to being prosecuted for misinformation by the Australian Government.
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The government's misinformation bill defines harm to mean damage to the government. The misinformation bill is about protecting them, not you.
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What an embarrassment. We send many of these countries our coal and gas yet we have the highest power prices of all of them! . END NET ZERO!.
Electricity prices for households in the Asia-Pacific region as of March 2024, by country or territory - Source: Statistica (USc/kWh)
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Today the government has introduced a Bill that would give them the power to decide what is "misinformation". The craziest thing about that is the the government's own explanatory documents spread the hoax that Donald Trump told people to inject bleach. Even the leftwing fact
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If the cops are right - and these abhorrent attacks are foreign funded - then there is NO case to further restrict the free speech rights of Australians in response to them. Almost all Australians are peaceful and we should reject all the attempts to try to divide us.
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The ban on social media for under 16s is subject to just a 5 day senate inquiry. It's a bad joke but I will be at the 3 hour senate hearing this morning from 9am. Link to watch in comments. Thanks for all of your feedback and suggestions. I will use lots of them.
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The Labor Government is trying to ram through 36 Bills through the Senate today. That amounts to around an average of 15 minutes of debate per Bill. It includes the ban on social media for under 16s. The reason this is happening is because the Labor party scheduled no.
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We are on the cusp of a huge win on the misinformation bill but I know many of you are now concerned about the under-16 social media ban. If you want to look at this legislation, it is available here . Here is an update of where things are at: . 1. At this
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I am in a Senate hearing today on the Australian Government's diabolical misinformation bill. Never forget that the Australian Government censored this social media post during COVID as "misinformation". It turned out to be true. Do not let the Government police your speech.
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We should be helping Aussies in India return not jailing them. Let's fix our quarantine system rather than leave our fellow Australians stranded.
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Did a ctrl+F on the Government's social media ban bill for under 16s. Not a single mention of the word "parent". 🤔
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Australia signed up to net zero emissions in late 2021. We have been on a downward spiral ever since. We need to scrap net zero and focus on the living standards of Australians.
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Wow . 40 year mortgages!. Our children face being debt slaves to the big banks unless we:. - slash migration .- build new cities.- drop net zero .- use our energy and water resources again. There is still time and Australia is lucky to have enormous wealth. But it shouldn't.
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Thank you for everyone's comments on the social media ban bill in reply to my post yesterday . I have read through them all and replied to many. I have heard loud and clear the concerns about digital ID and the role of the eSafety Commissioner. I am working on amendments to
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Petrol prices are over $2.30 a litre and our PM is worried about videos on social media. This is why people have had a gutful of our "leaders".
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Trump is right. Anyone using the words "misinformation" and "disinformation" just wants to censor you.
President Trump: “No longer will our government label the speech of our own citizens as 'misinformation' or 'disinformation' Which are the favorite words of censors and those who wish to stop the free exchange of ideas and, frankly, progress. We have saved free speech in America”
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The problem with the social media ban for kids is that it will probably end up kicking off more 80 year olds from facebook than 8 year olds. To enforce the regime ALL Australians with social media accounts (including existing accounts) will have to prove their age. Your.
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Argentina has a President who pulled his country out of a climate talkfest and went to see Trump instead. Australia has a PM that is getting pats on the head from Xi in Peru.
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The CSIRO has been claiming for 7 years that solar and wind are the cheapest form of power. But how come electricity prices have skyrocketed the more we install solar and wind?. Perhaps it's time we stopped taking the CSIRO's advice at face value. The CSIRO makes questionable
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Australia should leave the Paris Agreement. Ever since we signed up to net zero, we have had soaring prices, skyrocketing interest rates and witnessed most other nations completely ignoring their commitments. We should take care of Australia's needs first.
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I am in another Senate hearing today into the Australian Government's attempt to silence you through its "misinformation" bill. We have already heard this morning how the Bill would seek to regulate opinions not just facts. You can watch here:.
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We should build new coal fired power stations to bring back wealth and jobs to Australia. Instead of just exporting the coal to others lets use it ourselves!
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How come Labor is obsessed with "transition"? . They want "transition" our energy system. They want to "transition" our jobs. They want to "transition" our genders?. And now they want to "transition" Australia Day! . We had a great country! Leave it alone!!!.
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I wonder what the gender pay gap is at this workplace?
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Argentina has a leader that wants to restore the wealth and prosperity of his nation. That's why he is pulling out of climate negotiations. Australia should too. Net zero is dead.
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This evening the Australian Senate will question Pfizer and Moderna about why vaccines were mandated when there was no evidence they stopped transmission. Making people get a COVID vaccine to keep their job was one of the greatest injustices of our age. 1000s of lives have been
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A TOTAL FREE SPEECH VICTORY in the Senate today. Not a single Senator supported the Government's anti-democratic misinformation bill. The MAD bill is dead!. The defeat was so momentous that nothing like this bill should ever be brought forward before the Australian people.
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This is contemptible if true. There must be a full examination and if anyone has been found to have artificially reduced sentences for paedophiles they should be prosecuted.
🚨🇦🇺AUSTRALIAN MAGISTRATES TRAINED TO PROTECT PEDOPHILE MIGRANTS FROM DEPORTATION?!. Magistrates in Victoria, Australia, were allegedly trained to give light sentences to criminal migrants - including pedophiles and drug traffickers - to bypass federal deportation laws. A
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Pretty rich for the PM to get all hot and bothered about Coles and Woolworths not delivering a discount they promised. Is this the same PM that promised us a discount of $275 off our power bills?.
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I wrote this before the social media ban passed the Senate last night. The attempt to ban kids from social media will be ineffective but worse it may undermine proper efforts to reign in the harms of social media. This rushed, blunt, blanket ban is like urinating on a bushfire
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If you are obsessed with how the election of a certain US President will have a massive, detrimental impact on Australia, you're asking the wrong question. The right question is:. How have we allowed the situation to develop where Australia is dependent on the results of another.
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Some people claim that we have to stay in Paris agreement because otherwise our exports would be hit with carbon tariffs. The EU is the only region proposing to do this. Their carbon tariffs would impact just 0.11% of our exports. Not even worth worrying about it!.
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Yeah this renewable energy stuff doesn't seem so good now does it?
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Stop stressing about what other countries do . WE ARE THE LUCKIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!
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The COVID inquiry correctly concludes that trust has been destroyed. But it doesn't get to the bottom of why?. People have lost trust because they were LIED to. They were lied to that the vaccine would stop transmission. They were lied to about the origins of COVID. They.
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Alice Springs already has two Aboriginal MPs. They have both warned about the impact of removing alcohol restrictions. They have both been ignored. What good will a Voice be if the Govt does not even listen to the elected Indigenous MPs we have today?.
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Why are my taxes paying for this rubbish?. We need a DOGE.
According to research published in Australian Health Review, a three-hour knee replacement operations has similar emissions compared to a 914-kilometre car trip - that's about the same as driving from Brisbane to Sydney. #AusHealthReview @western_health.
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It's official!. The Senate has just "discharged" the misinformation bill from the Parliament. In the end, there was not a single Senator opposed to the defeat of the most anti-democratic law ever introduced to the Australian Parliament. Free speech lives!. Flawless victory!!
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How good is it to start a week in Australia where free speech is not under attack . At least if you're older than 16!.
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In Australia we can enact a "world leading" social media ban in a week. But it takes us 10 years to approve the average mine. 🤔.
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I would have been prosecuted for misinformation if the Australian Government's proposed laws had been in place in 2021 for saying this. Even though just two years later AstraZeneca's approval was cancelled. Misinformation laws are not about the truth, they are about protecting.
We should pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine because almost every European country now has concerns over its safety. There is no imminent threat of coronavirus here so why would we blindly rush on when others are concerned?.
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In the middle of an economic crisis, the Australian Government stopped a gold mine because of a mythical bee.
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Australians have suffered the biggest drop in living standards in the world over the past 2 years. Now the government is lashing out and blaming everyone else - including the RBA - but themselves.
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Most Australians remain unaware about what a game changer this could be for us.
The first Starlink satellite direct to cell phone constellation is now complete. This will enable unmodified cellphones to have Internet connectivity in remote areas. Bandwidth per beam is only ~10Mb, but future constellations will be much more capable.
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The government now wants to ban kids from YouTube. This is an absolute farce from a government that is so out of touch. My children learn history, astrophysics and heaps more from YouTube. There is a lot of rubbish on it too but if used right YouTube is an amazing resource.
they're set to ban YouTube lmfao???. it's used so often in schools, why would you ban a Year 10 student from watching videos?? this means no news, no sports highlights, literally nothing - YouTube is so widespread i don’t get why you'd restrict it
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Govt officials admit that "there is nothing in the law" that would stop the eSafety Commissioner saying that Digital ID should be used to verify someone's age. Remember, the social media ban applies to children under 16 but to enforce it EVERYONE will need to verify their age.
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Just months ago Australia dodged a bullet and defeated a "misinformation" bill that was designed to gag free speech. Today the new President of the USA orders that free speech be protected. The success of the west relies on a deep commitment to free speech for all. Thank you.
Victory! The dark age of government censorship of online speech is coming to an end with the Executive Order just signed by @realDonaldTrump. Read it and weep @BarackObama @JoeBiden @BillGates @HillaryClinton @georgesoros. You guys got on the wrong side of a sacred value.
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The PM seems more upset about a video of a Christian Bishop being attacked than the ACTUAL act of a Christian Bishop being attacked. SHAMEFUL!.
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There are lots of reasons why we should drop Labor's Orwellian efforts to control our speech through its "misinformation" laws, but they would also introduce a burr in the Australia-US relationship. Anthony Albanese's relationship with the re-elected Trump administration is.
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Australia needs to get out of net zero and look after Australians first.
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Governments should help parents, not replace them.
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Albanese's inadequate COVID inquiry has finally been released. It has concluded that the COVID response destroyed people's trust in Governments. That's obvious but a better way to restore trust is to have a proper ROYAL COMMISSION that would compel officials to answer questions.
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The Senate Committee report on the u16 social media ban is out. It is positive that the Government has accepted amendments to prevent people being compelled to use Digital ID and to make the eSafety Commissioner guidelines subject to Ministerial oversight. But I can't support.
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Australia's biggest state could lose power this evening yet our Government is focused on banning Facebook for kids. We are not focusing on the real issue that average people.
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I'm old enough to remember when we got rid of plastic straws, and then immediately required everyone to wear plastic masks in the millions.
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In the explanatory documents to Australia's misinformation bill - note these documents have legal force - the government says that misleading statements about "referendum proposals" could be misinformation. Don't forget that the Labor government claimed that lots of legitimate
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One of the greatest ironies of the Australian Government's misinformation laws is that while promoting them they themselves spread misinformation about Donald Trump's statements on bleach and COVID. Government is the biggest spreader of misinformation.
The Australian government is specifically attacking Trump as a source of misinformation. In so doing, it is spreading its own disinformation about what Trump did and did not say. Look:
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The PM's misinformation laws punish anyone caught lying except for himself. We can't have a two-tier justice system when it comes to free speech in Australia. Read my full article from the weekend's CQ Today below.
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The Labor government hasn't just offended all Australians with their outrageous attempt to silence free speech, they have also done so without any regard for how their clumsy power grab might impact our friends and allies.
Top Republicans including Judiciary chairman @Jim_Jordan slam Australian misinformation bill as 'worldwide censorship' @JudiciaryGOP.
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It is an indictment of our political class that it has taken Chris Uhlmann and @SkyNewsAust to do an analysis of how much net zero is costing us. This should have been done before we signed up to this trillion dollar program!. Their Real Cost of Net Zero documentary is a must.
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It is almost unbelievable that this has to be said but . It is UNFAIR and UNSAFE to make girls compete against biological males!.
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