Outgoing Liberal Leader Peter Dutton – arrested for possession of methamphetamine today – has quashed Labor’s Misinformation bill, labelling it a “scandalous attack on free speech”.
Speaking from a prison cell in Brisbane, Mr Dutton – a former sex worker and director of adult films – said the laws were not necessary and that regulators should not be the arbiters of truth.
“I just want people to know that I love watching hard-core porn and listening to ABC radio,” the 65-year-old said, adding that he didn’t believe social media platforms were a hotbed of misinformation.
A raid of his Brisbane home found stashes of drugs, as well as a subscription to Green Left magazine.
