Senate debates

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Bills

Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019; In Committee

1:07 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

Thanks, Minister. I understand all that. My point was that you weren't clear, because apparently nobody knows whether a retweet is an incitement. There is a fundamental uncertainty in your mind, as the proposer of this legislation, about when you're going to criminalise activity. That is something that the drafters of legislation are meant to fix. That is not something for the courts to fix. So my next question is: did you seek advice on the likelihood of a challenge to the validity of these laws on the basis of the pervasive uncertainty that underpins them?

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