Not a word has been heard from the lawyers representing Robert Irwin since they threatened legal action over last week’s Please Explain cartoon about the state of Queensland – an episode that has received millions of views thanks to wide news coverage of the threat.

We’re not taking it down!

Satire has been a feature of politics for a very long time, going all the way back to ancient Rome. Emperors like Nero or Augustus might have thrown satirists to the lions when the legionaries could get their hands on them, but we live in the 21st century today where satire is protected freedom of speech. At least, it’s supposed to be.

But our cartoon is a case in point. The Miles Labor government hates it – even the Premier himself has commented on it. Suppose Labor’s misinformation and disinformation bill was law and the Albanese government decided the cartoon was damaging their brand enough they had to get it taken down? They’d pressure the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to declare that our depiction of Queensland’s problems was ‘misinformation’ and order social media companies to remove it. And ACMA probably would do it.

That’s the risk to our freedom of speech. Your freedom of speech. Labor will take away your right to decide for yourself what’s true and what isn’t. Labor doesn’t trust the Australian people and thinks we’re too stupid to sort truth from fiction ourselves. Of course, Labor only wants its own version of the truth on our screens. Examples of their ‘truth’ include the line “renewables are cheaper” (tell that to households whose power bills went up 29% in July last year), that anyone voting against the voice to Parliament would be “racist”, that digital ID will be strictly “voluntary”, and that Andrew Giles is a “great” immigration minister.

Pull the other one Albo. Labor’s “truths” are coming home to roost as your party rapidly loses ground in the polls less than a year out from the next Federal election.

One Nation is the only political party with a written policy to defend and strengthen democracy, and freedom of speech is one of democracy’s most important principles. We fight for your right to express your views in public, and we will never support any attempt to compromise or undermine this most important right of the Australian people.