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interpretative power in an executive agency; the Bill wrongly assumes that ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ can readily be identified, and that the ACMA is capable of doing so within the limits of its resources and expertise and the imposition of regulatory burdens and other concerns.

The Victorian Bar concludes such a law ‘will have a chilling effect’.

They write, ‘It is also likely to be ineffective and unworkable in responding to the harms to which it is purportedly directed’.

Federal Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, outlined in a June 25 press release: ‘It does not empower the ACMA to determine what is true or false, or to remove individual content or posts.’

‘The code and standardmaking powers will not apply to professional news content or authorised electoral content,’ the minister said.

Paul Gregoire, from www. sydneycriminallawyers.com. au, writes that it ‘raises the question as to just who does determine the truth and who the targeted entities are, since the mainstream media and government are absolved’.

For more info visit www. infrastructure.gov.au/ have-your-say/new-acmapowers-combat-misinformation-and-disinformation.