Labor Senator Murray Watt says the hate speech bill has been misrepresented and argues the public should not fear the government misusing these powers to restrict freedoms. He insists Labor treasures democratic values and would never use the legislation to crack down on rights.

I’m here to say: of course government will misuse legislation. You’d have to be an idiot to believe otherwise.

“Trust us bro” 😆

Taking bets on it being used against One Nation candidates before the next election.

State and federal Labor have already demonstrated uneven application of pre-existing laws. These are hollow words from the mouth of a compulsive liar.

He just guaranteed they are going to use it to take human rights away.

These grubs need to wear Shock Collars, that zap them every time they lie!

They are all liars....

ISIS Brides Murray? We don’t trust your pathetic excuse for a Government Murray.

The party of such freedom advocates as Dan Andrews

Neo-nazis didn't shoot to kill Jews at Bondi, it was Islamic terrorists..but you still refuse to stipulate the actual cause of the Bondi Massacre, ps two people aren't a group..so these laws still don't solve the underlying issue??

Foolish man

Pretty sure all faith and trust in the government died long ago

@AussieVal10 That’s what UK Labour said.

Murray Watt has no idea what he’s saying. Just pathetic. He’s saying the Director General of ASIO will be the police, judge and jury. So much for fucking democracy.

Murray Dribbling Watt, another spineless Dipshit. If Stupid could fly,Watt would be a jet... FFS

@MurrayWatt , how do you think the Opposition will use your hate laws once it's their turn to get into office? Because they eventually will. Extraordinary that governments legislate without thinking how the other side will use it

Murray Watt..what a moron..still blaming neo-nazis, who had nothing to do with the Bondi Massacre..Albo & his fwit ministers are too scared to say Islamic Terrorism for fear of losing the Western Sydney vote..what disingenuous frauds..

Even if this current government is the best government in the world (which it isn’t) and shows restraint in how they enforce this law (which they won’t), what about the next government? And the one after that? Granting this sort of power to a government is a slippery slope…

So then if it's not a big problem Murray why introduce it

Murray Watt is even lying about his lies. That is pathological. He appears to be a mythomaniac engaging in compulsive, chronic lying, often constructing elaborate, fantastic stories, so inadequate he believe his own lies.

Bullshit !

"I don't trust any of these cunts."

Why is he talking about “neo-Nazis”? The Bondi attack, that motivated these ALP policy changes, were committed by a couple of radical islamists. With all the lying and obfuscation why would we trust our Government at all?

If Labor treasured democratic values it wouldn't pass the laws in the first place. We are no fools.

This will be a clip that will be used over and over when they do this exact thing

this lyingcunt is the one inciting hatred what a lying communist globalist criminal. trying to label anyone that disagrees with his garbage policies as far right. This hateful lying scum must be thrown in jail. Mossad bounty hunters united.

If @MurrayWatt says the public should not fear thr powers being misused, perhaps he should introduce the "Andrews Bill" where ministers of all flavours face mandatory minimum 10 years jail for abusing human rights. #auspol

I don't hate hate many people but this little cunt is well in my top 5. This will absolutely not be the case and all, and always back to neo nazis, when there is like 50 of them in the fucking country..

absolutely we should fear it, it erodes our freedoms, which is all part of @AustralianLabor plan to bring communism to Australia, Gert rid of all the other Parties and have a One State Rule - destroying Australia and it democratic rights!!!

@LeeroySmith68 That’ll be his epitaph. Once the police start arresting people for waving the Australian flags and calling for radical Islamists to be deported, all these morons in parliament won’t have a leg to stand on.

It is what it is. I have never seen a more cynical abuse of political due process in Australia. Public submissions were given only 2 days and then not considered. Not debated in parliament, the final bill was only just presented and then passed 2 houses on the same day.