by Ganesh Sahathevan
Australia's political leaders led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are preparing the ground for misinformation laws that may be broader than Singapore's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).
While the application of POFMA has drawn much criticism Singapore's authorities have limited themselves this far to issues where the facts are in dispute.
Australia's Albanese however appears to be preparing the ground for misinformation laws that will be so broad as to encompass alternative legal interpretations about the laws of the land. His current concern is with his proposed constitutional amendments that were rejected at a recent referendum , but it is clear from his words (see video above) that he is not contemplating any type of limitation on his proposed law.
The public debate about the proposed amendments to the Australian constitution was one-sided, and went nowhere near the actual problems that might have arisen had it succeeded., even when it was inadvertently raised by its proponents. Arguments raised by Malaysians now living in Australia about the similarities between the proposed constitutional amendments and Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution were either ignored, or derided.
Albanese's complaint of misinformation includes those issues.
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