iLaw charter draft favoured by protesters rejected

A draft of charter amendments proposed by iLaw looks set for rejection in Parliament due to insufficient support from senators, who overwhelmingly backed the government-sponsored versions.

iLaw — Internet Law Reform Dialogue — admitted that its “people’s draft” would not pass its first reading after overwhelming rejection in the appointed Senate, whose power it would limit.

As Parliament counted the votes from MPs and senators on each of the seven drafts, the civil group tweeted that its version, viewed by many as the most democratic, would not gain sufficient support.

At the time of the tweet, only three senators had voted for iLaw’s draft, with 81 more were required when there were only 79…