‘Mad, bad, and dangerous to know,’ said Lady Caroline Lamb after meeting Lord Byron with whom she had a tempestuous and ultimately unhappy love affair. The phrase could just as easily be applied to the Albanese government’s latest foray into censorship, the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023.
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