Free speech is an American concept, in Australia inciting hate against minorities is not considered a thing that should be allowed and rightly so. That said we (like America) need to do more on defamation laws so it’s not the rich people enforcing speech restrictions.

That said, specifically Drew Hutton wasn’t even accused of transphobia. The issue was that him criticizing the Greens for their decision to expel a transphobic member “provided a platform for others to demean trans women” which is … I think we can all agree unreasonable. That was only a suspension though. The specific “criticism of trans extremism” that later got him booted from the party entirely isn’t entirely specified.

“People are starting to see the Greens as weird and unlikable”

Hence why I am keen to give Drew Hutton the benefit of the doubt here.