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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp and Josh Butler

Liberal Andrew Bragg accused of showing ‘disdain’ for free speech with legal threat to They Vote For You site

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg
Coalition senator Andrew Bragg has engaged legal counsel to demand the charity OpenAustralia Foundation amend its website They Vote For You over its report on his voting record. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has shown a “disdain” for free speech that “smacks of autocracy” in threatening legal action against a website that purports to explain MPs’ voting records, the Institute of Public Affairs has said.

The OpenAustralia Foundation has rejected threatened legal action from Bragg over publication of his record on its site, They Vote For You, as “ludicrous”.

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