The tools for you to reach your representatives plus some helpful guidance below
This bill was originally due to be introduced before Christmas but due to the public criticism this has been delayed to early-mid 2024. Please contact your representatives ASAP
Please personalise your email. Email campaigns that are copy pasted are much less effective. Remember to stay positive while expressing your concerns
In January 2023, the Minister for Communications announced that the Australian Government would introduce new laws to provide the independent regulator, ACMA, with new powers to combat online misinformation and disinformation.
External link to full "Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill - June2023"
https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Members
Follow the link, scroll down and enter your postcode
Find the Senators for your state that would be most effective to contact.
Full list of all Senators can be found at aph.gov.au
Listed in order of priority.
Senator Hollie Hughes (Liberal): senator.hughes@aph.gov.au
Senator Marise Payne (Liberal): senator.payne@aph.gov.au
Senator Perin Davey (The Nationals): senator.davey@aph.gov.au
Senator Andrew Bragg (Liberal): senator.bragg@aph.gov.au
Senator Maria Kovacic (Liberal): senator.kovacic@aph.gov.au
Senator Ross Cadell (The Nationals): senator.cadell@aph.gov.au
Senator David Shoebridge (The Greens): senator.shoebridge@aph.gov.au
Senator Mehreen Faruqi (The Greens): senator.faruqi@aph.gov.au
Senator Deborah O'Neill (Labor): senator.oneill@aph.gov.au
Senator Jenny Mcallister (Labor): jennifer.mcallister@aph.gov.au
Senator Tim Ayres (Labor): senator.ayres@aph.gov.au
Senator Tony Sheldon (Labor): senator.sheldon@aph.gov.au
Senator James Paterson (Liberal): senator.paterson@aph.gov.au
Senator Sarah Henderson (Liberal): senator.henderson@aph.gov.a
Senator Bridget Mckenzie (The Nationals): senator.mckenzie@aph.gov.au
Senator Ralph Babet (United Australia Party): senator.babet@aph.gov.au
Senator David Van (Liberal): senator.van@aph.gov.au
Senator Jane Hume (Liberal): senator.hume@aph.gov.au
Senator Janet Rice (The Greens): senator.rice@aph.gov.au
Senator Lidia Thorpe (The Greens): senator.thorpe@aph.gov.au
Senator Jana Stewart (Labor): senator.stewart@aph.gov.au
Senator Jess Walsh (Labor): senator.walsh@aph.gov.au
Senator Linda White (Labor): senator.white@aph.gov.au
Senator Raffaele Ciccone (Labor): senator.ciccone@aph.gov.au
Senator James Mcgrath (LNP): senator.mcgrath@aph.gov.au
Senator Paul Scarr (LNP): senator.scarr@aph.gov.au
Senator Malcolm Roberts (One Nation): senator.roberts@aph.gov.au
Senator Pauline Hanson (One Nation): senator.hanson@aph.gov.au
Senator Gerard Rennick (LNP): senator.rennick@aph.gov.au
Senator Matt Canavan (LNP): senator.canavan@aph.gov.au
Senator Susan Mcdonald (LNP): senator.mcdonald@aph.gov.au
Senator Larissa Waters (The Greens): senator.waters@aph.gov.au
Senator Penny Allman-Payne (The Greens): senator.allman-payne@aph.gov.au
Senator Anthony Chisholm (Labor): senator.chisholm@aph.gov.au
Senator Murray Watt (Labor): senator.watt@aph.gov.au
Senator Nita Green (Labor): senator.green@aph.gov.au
Senator Linda Reynolds (Liberal): senator.reynolds@aph.gov.au
Senator Michaelia Cash (Liberal): senator.cash@aph.gov.au
Senator Dean Smith (Liberal): senator.smith@aph.gov.au
Senator Matt O'Sullivan (Liberal): senator.matt.o'sullivan@aph.gov.au
Senator Slade Brockman (Liberal): senator.brockman@aph.gov.au
Senator Dorinda Cox (The Greens): senator.cox@aph.gov.au
Senator Jordon Steele-John (The Greens): senator.steele-john@aph.gov.au
Senator Fatima Payman (Labor): senator.payman@aph.gov.au
Senator Glenn Sterle (Labor): senator.sterle@aph.gov.au
Senator Louise Pratt (Labor): senator.pratt@aph.gov.au
Senator Patrick Dodson (Labor): senator.dodson@aph.gov.au
Senator Sue Lines (Labor): senator.lines@aph.gov.au
Senator Anne Ruston (Liberal): senator.ruston@aph.gov.au
Senator Simon Birmingham (Liberal): senator.birmingham@aph.gov.au
Senator Alex Antic (Liberal): senator.antic@aph.gov.au
Senator Andrew Mclachlan (Liberal): senator.mclachlan@aph.gov.au
Senator David Fawcett (Liberal): senator.fawcett@aph.gov.au
Senator Kerrynne Liddle (Liberal): senator.liddle@aph.gov.au
Senator Barbara Pocock (The Greens): senator.barbara.pocock@aph.gov.au
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (The Greens): senator.hanson-young@aph.gov.au
Senator Don Farrell (Labor): senator.farrell@aph.gov.au
Senator Karen Grogan (Labor): senator.grogan@aph.gov.au
Senator Marielle Smith (Labor): senator.marielle.smith@aph.gov.au
Senator Penny Wong (Labor): senator.wong@aph.gov.au
Senator Jacinta Price (NT CLP): senator.nampijinpaprice@aph.gov.au
Senator Malarndirri Mccarthy (Labor): senator.mccarthy@aph.gov.au
Senator Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network): senator.lambie@aph.gov.au
Senator Tammy Tyrrell (Jacqui Lambie Network): senator.tyrrell@aph.gov.au
Senator Jonno Duniam (Liberal): senator.duniam@aph.gov.au
Senator Richard Colbeck (Liberal): senator.colbeck@aph.gov.au
Senator Claire Chandler (Liberal): senator.chandler@aph.gov.au
Senator Wendy Askew (Liberal): senator.askew@aph.gov.au
Senator Nick Mckim (The Greens): senator.mckim@aph.gov.au
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (The Greens): senator.whish-wilson@aph.gov.au
Senator Anne Urquhart (Labor): senator.urquhart@aph.gov.au
Senator Carol Brown (Labor): senator.carol.brown@aph.gov.au
Senator Catryna Bilyk (Labor): senator.bilyk@aph.gov.au
Senator Helen Polley (Labor): senator.polley@aph.gov.au
Senator David Pocock (Independent): senator.david.pocock@aph.gov.au
Senator Katy Gallagher (Labor): senator.katy.gallagher@aph.gov.au
Dear Senator (name)
I'm writing in relation to the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023.
- Lead with a compliment. Try to be positive.
- include a sentence that you have concerns
- explain how you could not/never vote for someone who supported the bill.
Possible reasons (choose one or more and personalise)
* Freedom of speech is important/a fundamental human right/something that should not be restricted
*Who defines what is misinformation and disinformation
*Definitions are not clear
*Government should not decide
*ACMA or fact checkers?
*What is misinformation or disinformation today may be truth tomorrow
*What is harm?
*The definition is too broad
*We already have racial discrimination laws
*Government and mainstream media exempt!
*I cannot accept the bill in any way
*Urge not to consider amendments.
- Ask for a response
yours sincerely
Name
binthebillinfo@gmail.com
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