As far as I can tell this law has come to pass. I will check in HANSARD to be sure

A NEW LAW IS ABOUT TO KILL FREE SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA

The Australian Government has recently introduced in Parliament a new law proposal to ban officially unapproved online content.
Digital companies are expected to adopt a code of conduct which will see them censor speech based on broad, vague and far-reaching directives.

The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation)
Bill 2023 foreshadows the imposition of a legal obligation on digital platforms to police alleged
"misinformation" and "disinformation". If that does not work, the law proposal provides for the full empowerment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to directly intervene for the purpose of preventing "harm".

Section 2 of the proposed legislation defines "harm" as follows:
(a) hatred against a group in Australian society on the basis of ethnicity, nationality, race, gender,
sexual orientation, age, religion or physical or mental disability;

disruption of public order or society in Australia;

harm to the integrity of Australian democratic processes or of Commonwealth, State, Territory
or local government institutions;

harm to the health of Australians;

harm to the Australian environment;

economic or financial harm to Australians, the Australian economy or a sector of the Australian
economy.
The concept of "harm" peddled by the bill is illusory, and its content would be subjectively determined by a powerful government agency. The definition of what is and what isn't harm is malleable and can expand and contract depending on ACMA's prevailing views. Ultimately,
any type of speech with which the government is uncomfortable could be deemed "harmful". For
example, describing "disrupting social order" as serious harm could be interpreted to stop the
organisation of legitimate political protests. This could certainly be used to suppress legitimate political speech that should be part of a functioning democracy.

Above all, ACMA would gain sweeping powers to require any person to appear at a time and place of its choosing to answer questions about misinformation or disinformation. These powers include infringement notices, remedial directions, injunctions and civil penalties, including fines of up
to A$550,000 (US$358,000) for individuals and A$2.75 million for corporations.
Criminal penalties, including imprisonment, may also apply in cases of alleged "extreme harm."

The provisions found in this law roposal put the communications and lives of free-thinkers, human
rights defenders, independent journalists, and ordinary citizens under constant risk. They go in
direct opposition to international human rights experts' advice that "general prohibitions on the
dissemination of information based on vague and ambiguous ideas, including 'false news' or 'non-
objective information', are incompatible with international standards for restrictions on freedom of expression... and should be abolished."
It is noteworthy that the Australian Government is exempted from the proposed legislation. Hence, the content issued by the government is never to be considered "misinformation" but criticisms of
the government by ordinary citizens can. It is certainly ironic that views incompatible with the government's preferred narrative could be deemed to "harm" the integrity of Australia's democracy since it would disallow speech and expressive conduct that is integral to the maintenance of democratic processes.
It is noteworthy that the Australian Government is exempted from the proposed legislation.
The proposed legislation constitutes a serious attack on the democratic right of Australians to
free speech. Digital platforms will be legally obliged to police commentators' discussion of controversial topics. Under this "misinformation" legislation, any honest and robust debate about
government policies will be effectively outlawed.
If the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill is enacted, then the free expression of ideas will be
basically outlawed by the Australian Government. In short, the enactment of this law proposal will
spell the end of authentic democracy in Australia. Australians are basically witnessing the
transformation of their system of representative government into nothing more than a less open, or
more disguised, form of elective dictatorship.
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