The Albanese Government has today made a humiliating backdown on its planned Misinformation Bill with admissions it got it wrong, and has been forced to make fundamental changes to its plan.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has admitted she got it wrong when she failed to provide an exemption for online discussions on religious beliefs from being captured by the Misinformation laws. Religious organisations had expressed alarm at the failure to provide the exemption.
The Government has also been forced to make changes to the very definitions around what constitutes ‘misinformation’ and pushed back the timing for the introduction of the Bill by up to six months.
Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman said today’s backdown confirmed why so many people and organisations have rallied against Labor’s plans.
“The Government has today begun walking back from one of its signature policies,” Mr Coleman said.
“We are seeing the pack of cards of the Misinformation Bill starting to come down.
“There has been a deep catalogue of criticisms of the Bill from groups including the Human Rights Commission, civil liberties groups, leading lawyers, religious bodies and the media union.
“There have been an extraordinary 23,000 submissions and comments on the Government’s draft Bill – with the vast majority of the fraction published so far being hostile to Labor’s plan.
“The Coalition has been demonstrating the many flaws with this Bill and now the Government has been forced into making changes.
“Today’s humiliating backdown on just the religious freedoms question barely scratches the surface of the many problems with Labor’s deeply flawed Bill.
“It also doesn’t deal with the central problem of the Bill which would see the opinions of everyday Australians censored. The Government’s exemption from the proposed Misinformation law has also been widely slammed.”
Mr Coleman said Minister Rowland has broken her promise to introduce the Misinformation Bill by the end of this year and pushed it back to the middle of next year. The Coalition remains fundamentally opposed to Labor’s Bill.
The Albanese Government has today made a humiliating backdown on its planned Misinformation Bill with admissions it got it wrong, and has been forced to make fundamental changes to its plan.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has admitted she got it wrong when she failed to provide an exemption for online discussions on religious beliefs from being captured by the Misinformation laws. Religious organisations had expressed alarm at the failure to provide the exemption.
The Government has also been forced to make changes to the very definitions around what constitutes ‘misinformation’ and pushed back the timing for the introduction of the Bill by up to six months.
Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman said today’s backdown confirmed why so many people and organisations have rallied against Labor’s plans.
“The Government has today begun walking back from one of its signature policies,” Mr Coleman said.
“We are seeing the pack of cards of the Misinformation Bill starting to come down.
“There has been a deep catalogue of criticisms of the Bill from groups including the Human Rights Commission, civil liberties groups, leading lawyers, religious bodies and the media union.
“There have been an extraordinary 23,000 submissions and comments on the Government’s draft Bill – with the vast majority of the fraction published so far being hostile to Labor’s plan.
David wrote, “It is my opinion that nothing will change in Australian Politics until we get representative government, of the people, by the people, for the people. We have been infiltrated by special interest groups who dictate to the governments in Australia.”
So true, frightened that fragmentation of regulations may hinder the construction of one world government maybe, UNESCO has published guidelines for governance of digital platforms, stated to be one of the most comprehensive UN consultations ever, boasting more than 10,000 comments from the worlds ~4.7 billion social media users.
The guidelines seek to address disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, support for gender equality and diversity, while safeguarding freedom of expression.
Government narratives are a farce unless unadulterated factual evidence is guaranteed.
Although the UN agents are committed to assist Public and Private stakeholders embrace the meat in the guidelines, it seems UNESCO is not excepting responsibility for any blowback after the guidelines are accepted, then mandated or made law,
“The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors; they are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization”
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387339
It is my opinion that nothing will change in Australian Politics until we get representative government, of the people, by the people, for the people. We have been infiltrated by special interest groups who dictate to the governments in Australia. We have the secret societies, multinational business interests, the Israel lobby and numerous other factions who bribe, bully, blackmail, beat up or bump off those who fail to heed their point of view. I would like to believe martial law and military interim governments could help to restore or revive our Constitution. Given the current state of military leadership in Australia, I doubt they could improve the current situation. Then you have people like the well-connected Jane Halton, who contributed to the Plandemic Narrative at Event 201, with a motherly concern for the welfare of all Australians (NOT), making arrangements for quarantine lockdowns and the rest of the nonsense we witnessed. How will it be possible to bring all those involved in this on-going drama, to account for their tyrannical actions? How will it be possible to prevent this pack of lies happening again? What lessons have we learned from this attempt at genocide of the Australian people? Firing squad, hanging or guillotine is too quick. First we need the answers to the question, “How would we handle an event like we experienced, the next time?” They haven’t finished reducing the population to 15 million yet!
In practice, only the politically powerful are able to translate their notions of what is “offensive” or “insulting” into law that everyone must obey.
A leading Australian daily paper, the Herald Sun of Melbourne, commented (Nov. 13 2000): “To see how our over-bossy complaints industry can cause more harm than good, check the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s bid to close down the web site of Dr. Fredrick Töben.” While calling Töben “a worry,” the influential daily warned that the Jewish campaign is only contributing to his “martyrdom.” Töben and Adelaide Institute associate Olga Scully, the paper concluded, can “now pose as a victims of a Jewish bid to deny them free speech, and there’s sadly just enough truth in that to make them [sic] a real menace.”
Terry Lane, a veteran newspaper columnist and television commentator, was more pointed in his criticism. “Are we to take it,” wrote Lane in The Sunday Age (Melbourne, Oct. 15), “that the human rights commissioner is going to order every outspoken person who offends some group or other to desist and apologize?” Toben’s claim about gas chambers, he added, is one that “can be proven or disproved by evidence. It does not need to be censored in advance of the argument … If Töben is telling the truth, nothing will stop it. If he is a malicious fantasist, then he will be ignored. We should test his assertions, not silence them.” (See also Lane’s remarkable 1992 commentary, “I Surrender,” in the May-June 1993 Journal, p. 15.)
Nigel Jackson, an Australian author and civil rights defender, called the HREOC order “a victory of interests over principles.” He continued:
The HREOC can fairly be described as a pseudo-judicial body which was established and entrenched a few decades ago by servile and foolish governments to advance the interests of Jewish pressure groups and other minority ethnic bodies.
Any fair-minded person who studies the publications of the Adelaide Institute over recent years will quickly realize that the HREOC’s poorly articulated claim that none of its “Holocaust material” is “of historical, intellectual of scientific standard” is nonsense.
During the last 50 years a significant number of highly intelligent and academically qualified people have cast profound doubt on the received version of “the Holocaust,” which was promoted after World War Two and became prominent in the seventies. The simplistic claim (of doubtful veracity) that all “mainstream historians” agree that “the Holocaust” consumed “the lives of six million Jews” will not remove that doubt. It is probably tautologous, the definition of “mainstream” being “those who accept the received version.” Historical disagreement of this kind should be dealt with by free and open debate in the intellectual forums of the land and not by appeal from a financially powerful elite to biased commissions or the courts.
From The Unz Review
crisscross767 said – “… Xi Jinping meets Albo…”
Thanks for the link.
I love President Xi EVEN MORE now.
Do you feel like laughing –
Xi Jinping meets Albo
https://www.larryhannigan.com.au/2023-11-15h-i-am-a-bunch-of-cells/
This back peddaling by Labor shows us that we DO have the power with our numbers ,to stop any bad legislation for our country.
We showed this with our vote against the Voice.
This is how we must defeat the govt., U.N., W.E.F., W.H.O..not by bloodshed or elections…elections can be rigged and bloodshed is definitely a very last resort, more likely to be used to stop a dictatorship.
Let’s keep sending those emails, signing those petitions…we CAN do it!
“The Coalition has been demonstrating the many flaws with this Bill and now the Government has been forced into making changes…”
No changes! The Bill must be scrubbed completely.
No compromise with this “devil”.
oops … a religion
Don’t forget the digital ID that is still out there. Just say “NO 8:32” and smile. <:o)
Missing information
“The Statement from the Heart is only one page” said Albanese.
Synonyms of ‘obfuscation’
evasiveness, shuffling, deception, fudging
More Synonyms of obfuscation
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/obfuscation
Snakes in suits
What is it about reptiles?
In the Latin dictionary the dangerous ones produce a virus –
https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/noun/17244
Virus definition
virus, viri [n.] O – Latin is Simple Online Dictionary virus, viri [n.] O Noun Translations venom (sg.) poisonous secretion of snakes/creatures/plants acrid element Meta information O-Declension neuter Forms Example Sentences
Alan Vaughn – “Can’t really procrastinate any longer.”
Commo John agrees.
Maybe he can light the fire under the sheeple’s collective arse.
.com/video/nuvuzDMpJUAa/ …(stick “bitchute” at the front)
Pat from Vic
And when do we get to clean ALL of this Luciferian baby-eating filth out of Australia and start over from scratch?
Right now might be the best time Pat. Can’t really procrastinate any longer.
Well, at least we have another 6 months, before the CRIMINALS double down again etc.
I wonder what they have planned in the meantime, to keep the majority busy & occupied.
More planned & staged PSYOPS, diversions, distractions, fear-mongerings, freak weather events etc, are not to be ruled out. What’s transpiring with Israel atm, of course does serve part of those purposes.
SONYA IRENE MCCONVILLE
The Albanese woman was as reasoned a speaker as I have ever witnessed. That you believe she should not have been permitted to address Australians places you squarely among those implacably opposed to democracy and freedom. We have tolerated such views long enough. Two of my family died fighting for those freedoms so I suggest you dwell on my likely reaction; and those of others.
And on the subject of covid – on tonight’s news they are pushing the boosters, especially for nursing homes… and those who have not had one for a year… Are they really that stupid with the amount of evidence piling up about this toxin?
There is supposedly a new outbreak of covid and some doctors are pushing for masks over Christmas… what the? But the Health Minister said no there will be no mandatory masks but people can wear them if they want to…. even after it has been proven they do nothing at all. Unbelievable..
karen elliot said – “Government hasnt backed-down, only retreated – for now…”
People should understand by now, they NEVER back down, they only ever DOUBLE DOWN.
The BS “Voice” referendum illustrated that, reported by the BS foreign owned corporate AEC as 60% “NO”, but when the IDENTIFIABLE malfeasance, fraud and cheating in backed out of the data, more likely a resounding 85% “NO” – yet the fake corporate STATE “governments” IMMEDIATELY set about legislating the BS “Voice” anyway.
If they can’t get in through one door, they’ll climb in through a window or down the chimney. ALL the fake “governments” are working in LOCKSTEP, because the Luciferian Globalists OWN THEM ALL.
“Surely you can’t be serious!”, the sheeple all cry, to which the obligate reply is “I AM serious (and don’t call me Shirley)”.
Take the example of Senator Babet’s proposed investigation into the DISASTROUS excess Australian mortality following the fake “vaccine” bioweapon rollout, an excess mortality rate UNMATCHED since Exercise WWII…
.org/2023/05/26/deaths-of-suspected-30000-mrna-vaxx-victims-will-not-be-investigated-by-a-senate-inquiry/
(stick “cairnsnews” at the front, or better yet, get up off your collective arses and DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH)
In short – NONE of our fake “governments” give a rat’s arse about the mortality of Australians, because they DO NOT WORK FOR US. They are all CORPORATIONS which are owned by FOREIGN SHAREHOLDERS who want us all DEAD, and they NEVER back down, they only ever DOUBLE DOWN.
But HOW could the Luciferian Globalists have such complete cotrol over SO MANY beauracrats and politicians (never mind the utter STRANGLEHOLD on all legacy media and big business)?
Bribery, blackmail, power and ideology, folks – THAT’S how you do it if you want to take over the world (and KILL everyone but your inner circle, and THEY’D better not get too comfortable either).
Consider Senator Heffernan’s list of 28 high profile PAEDOPHILES in 2015 (allegedly including no less than THREE former Prime Ministers according to an alleged transcription of that list) which has been placed by our fake corporate “government” under a 90 year SUPPRESSION ORDER. Use that as a STARTING POINT(and the READILY ACCESSIBLE online allegations of Scotty from Marketing’s child molesting and child trafficking history and involvement in Satanic networks) and the rabbit hole goes down DEEPER and WIDER than anyone could have imagined.
Not just Australia, BTW. The Globalists have just about every other nation worth speaking of by the short and curlies (literally, folks, and they’ve been at it for CENTURIES – think about that), including even the once-mighty USA.
If we ALL open our eyes to the awful reality, maybe at this late stage of the game there’s a chance we can do something to save our sorry hides and those of whatever progeny we might be hoping for.
Or just go back to being comfortably numb and ignore all of it, and make sure to “vote” in the next BS fake corporate Globalist-run “election” managed by sold-out treasonous baby-eating Freemasons like Tom Rogers and the utterly corrupt foreign owned corporation trading as the Australian Electoral Commission. And make sure your last will and testament is all up to date, and be sure to have a grave site picked out – preferably on a nice green hilltop, with a babbling brook down below, and pine cones all around.
Just saying.
Claude Ramains said – “… the true perpetrators which were Morrison, Greg Hunt, and all the state premiers and their agencies along with their prestitute mouth pieces the MSM.”
A worthy statement, but you missed Jane Halton, who among other things is on the boards of the ANZ Bank, Clayton Utz, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and the US Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Jane Halton, folks, who also happens to be the Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a Norwegian association with offices in Oslo, London, and Washington DC. That’s creepy Bills’ CEPI, BTW, just in case you mistook it for something that’s there for our general wellbeing (hint: it’s NOT).
Jane Halton, folks, who is one of creepy Bill’s favourite little Globalist whores alongside the likes of Jack Ardern and Christia Freeland. Jane Halton, the SISTER IN LAW to Victorian “Chief Health Officer” Mr. Brett Sutton (because after all, when you break it all down, the Luciferian Globalists’ genocidal New World Order is really a congenial family affair – FOR THEM).
Jane Halton, creepy Bill’s favourite stealth eugenicist and PERSONAL PANDEMIC ADVISOR to Scotty from Marketing during the fake Corona Chan “pandemic”. Yes, folks, Jane Halton REALLY WAS contracted on a HUGE taxpayer funded salary with all the lurks & perks by Scotty from Marketing to be his personal advisor, whispering all Klaus Scwab’s and creepy Bill’s instructions into Scotty’s ear during each and evey BS “National Cabinet” meeting – you know, those meetings with all the “stakeholders” INCLUDING every state and territory fake “government” that were KEPT SECRET as a matter of “national security” (theirs, not ours).
“National Cabinet”, folks, which Scotty from Marketing plucked out of his arse in between dancing the Hillsong jig and molesting minors and embezzling the living crap out of the country, “National Cabinet” which WE don’t have any say in or even any VISIBILITY of what they’re getting up to or why. But Jane Halton was there, alongside her BROTHER IN LAW Brett Sutton as well as all the other Globalist BS merchant sold-out treasonous psychopaths.
Just saying.
Claude Ramains also said – “When is Albo gonna be thrown out and when is the next election?”
Wrong question.
When are AnAL and all his treasonous mass-murdering cohorts going to be strung up to a lamp post?
And when do we get to clean ALL of this Luciferian baby-eating filth out of Australia and start over from scratch?
The Forests of the Fallen and all those new graveyard tenants would like to know. Not to mention the rest of us that are still targeted for extermination.
Only one year in office and everything this ALP government does is farcical. This period is a real opportunity for some good new political talent who should be starting to work on their campaigns now.
All the things that Albanese DIDNT run on like the Abo Voice and misinformation bill (AKA the anti truth bill) have been shoved down all our throats.
But the one thing he DID run on which is the royal commission into the governments handling of Covid gets turned into a toothless show trial avoiding all accountability with no scope to look into the true perpetrators which were Morrison, Greg Hunt, and all the state premiers and their agencies along with their prestitute mouth pieces the MSM.
When is Albo gonna be thrown out and when is the next election?
Not only has this government already proven that its policies don’t represent the people. But instead their communist overlords but they’ve proven that they fail at even doing that.
What the Australian people have proven is that they want none of it!
Ya know, people wouldn’t be so anti government if the government wasn’t so anti people.
An ambitious ambit legislation…
Government hasnt backed-down, only retreated – for now…
Any bill that includes “mis-information”, “dis-information”,
“hate speech” allows government to define, and interpret,
has to be rejected…
The only misinformation comes via the government. We don’t need any amendments. The bill must be stopped altogether.
what about doing the same for getting out of WHO?? There’s not much time left
Well done Francesca.
Well I am glad that we dodged that bullet for now.. of course it was highly dubious from the start. How can the government be excluded after all the lies and cover up re the harm caused by the jabs and mandates.
I lodged a submission to the Misinfo Bill amendment review. It was written as an affidavit outlining, amongst other things, the malfeasance of TGA officials via their approval of mRNA gene therapy substances, despite such facts as: the product lacked appropriate long-term testing and numerous red flags related to deaths and serious disease pathologies noted in the trials were ignored, and a provable bio-weapon was mandated on the general public.
It is the biggest crime in history and still most gov officials, most media employees, and most (if not all?) of the BAR judiciary continue to say nothing. I doubt if my sub will ever be published by ACMA, especially after I added ACMA officials as collaborators to the on-going deceptions.
THIS ITALIAN WAS INVITED TO TALK AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB.. HOW DARE SHE IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY,,,,,,
“FRANCESCA ALBENESE;S mandate was created with the sole purpose of discriminating against Israel and Israelis”.“Hamas calls on the international community and the United Nations to work towards a just solution for the Palestinian people and impose sanctions on the rogue state of the Israeli occupation. The UN must take more measures to hold the Israeli occupation leaders accountable for crimes and violations against the Palestinian people.
Her comments were warmly received by the terror group Hamas and islamic people, which said in a statement: “We hail the speech of Francesca Albanese… [She] shed light on the Israeli crimes and violations against the Palestinian people that have turned the occupied Palestinian territories into an open-air prison where all forms of discrimination and apartheid are exercised against the Palestinian people. Israel’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva rejected the contents of Albanese’s report, saying: “Israel does not expect any fair, objective or professional treatment from this special rapporteur who was chosen due to her partial views against Israel.