The death of ‘Ministry of Truth’ misinformation law is a significant victory for Aussies, but it is just one battle in a much larger war. 

The relentless long march of elites, activists, climate alarmists, and the extreme left through Australia’s government and institutions shows no signs of stopping.

It took the government 489 days to drop its support for the misinformation bill. 

They know it’s not supported by Australians and they can’t afford to alienate voters this close to an election. 

They underestimated the power of public pushback.

Millions of Australians saw through their “it’s for your own good" rhetoric and recognised the bill for what it truly was: a government attempt to police what you can and can’t say. 

Censorship by another name.

But make no mistake, they have put the idea out there. And it’s not going away anytime soon.

The elites and activists will bide their time. We know they don’t give up. They push and they push until they win.

And you and I can’t let that happen. 

The dead ‘Ministry of Truth’ misinformation law is just one battle in a broader move to erode Australia’s democracy. Elites and activists continue their long march through government, bureaucracies, universities, and schools, steadily embedding their ideology into these institutions.

Take the Voice to Parliament referendum as an example. Despite 64 per cent of South Australians (SA) rejecting the Voice federally, the Labor state government pressed ahead with its own version. In Victoria there are “treaty” negotiations underway that look like a Voice under another name.

Racial division enshrined. 

Similarly, the ‘Ministry of Truth’ misinformation law would have divided Australia, not by race, but by creating a government-backed information overclass; those with the legal power to say what they want while silencing others under the guise of protecting the public from misinformation and disinformation.

Under Labor, the Greens, and the Teals, the war on free speech will not stop. Rather than fostering open debate, as any healthy democracy should, they will continue to try to manipulate the levers of power to suppress dissent and silence critics.

This tactical retreat is not a change of heart.

As one Senator rightly observed:

This bill was struck off the Notice Paper because it had zero friends in the Senate. For most of us, it was dangerous and went too far. For the Greens, it didn’t go far enough. Free speech is not negotiable. It is essential to our democracy and must be protected at all costs.

Such protection can only be achieved when Aussies step up at the ballot box. 

In 2025, we have the power to end this slow, insidious march against our freedoms by voting out Labor, the Greens and the Teals.

Let us ensure that the defeat of this misinformation law becomes a turning point, not just a tactical pause, in the fight for Australia’s future.

Sandra Bourke
ADVANCE Spokeswoman