The Labor government’s misinformation bill is a terrible piece of legislation which must be defeated. It will compromise the free speech of Australians, including political speech, and is unacceptable.

Democracies move forward by debating ideas. Progress is achieved through applying sunlight to ideas, not censoring them. Of course, the democratic process can be untidy. People hold unfashionable opinions that we might not hold ourselves. That’s OK. After all, sometimes the unfashionable opinions turn out to be right.