The major parties are only interested in controlling you, not serving you (Hate speech laws) - Gerard Rennick

Free Speech is Dead

Yesterday I managed to get in a three minute speech against the proposed hate laws before the bill was guillotined.

Normally you’re allowed to speak for 15 minutes on the bill.

I didn’t get a chance to explain just how draconian these laws are.

Before this bill, prosecutors had to prove intent— that your words deliberately incited harm. Not anymore. The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 lowers the bar so drastically that you can now be jailed for reckless speech.

"Reckless speech" without any intent is now criminalised. Even if you accidentally offend someone you can be charged, found guilty and go to prison.

A number of amendments to put in safeguards were moved including:

1) Removing mandatory sentencing

2) Excluding children under 14 from the bill and

3) A good faith carve out to prevent these rules from being used as a form of lawfare to shut down debate



Do not vote for any of the major globalist leaning political parties. These new hate laws are setting things up towards what you see in Europe and the UK - where you can be arrested for dissent.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, February 8, 2025.]