[qcnguy]

The AEC did nothing to stop the Australian government trying to criminalize the views of its political opponents, so it's not doing all that much heavy lifting.

[defrost]

Specificity helps here; which government and which political opponents?

eg: Do you refer to the government of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and its clandestine actions wrt organisers of the Vietnam moratorium protests?

* https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/persons-interest-asio-... etc.