Full Act from Queensland legislation website https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009
or s45 from Austlii http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cc189994/s45.html
Part 2 Offences against public order
Chapter 7 Sedition
45 Innocent intentions
It is lawful for any person—
(a) to endeavour in good faith to show that the Sovereign has been mistaken in any of Her counsels; or
(b) to point out in good faith errors or defects in the government or Constitution of the United Kingdom or of Queensland as by law established, or in legislation, or in the administration of justice, with a view to the reformation of such errors or defects; or
(c) to excite in good faith Her Majesty’s subjects to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in the State as by law established; or
(d) to point out in good faith in order to their removal any matters which are producing or have a tendency to produce feelings of ill will and enmity between different classes of Her Majesty’s subjects.
CRIMES ACT 1914
http://classic.austlii.edu.au//au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/
ANTI-TERRORISM ACT (NO. 2) 2005 NO. 144, 2005 – SCHEDULE 7
80.3 Defence for acts done in good faith
- (1)
- Sections 80.1 and 80.2 do not apply to a person who:
(a) tries in good faith to show that any of the following persons are mistaken in any of his or her counsels, policies or actions:
(i) the Sovereign;
(ii) the Governor-General;
(iii) the Governor of a State;
(iv) the Administrator of a Territory;
(v) an adviser of any of the above;
(vi) a person responsible for the government of another country; or
(b) points out in good faith errors or defects in the following, with a view to reforming those errors or defects:
(i) the Government of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
(ii) the Constitution;
(iii) legislation of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country;
(iv) the administration of justice of or in the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country; or
(c) urges in good faith another person to attempt to lawfully procure a change to any matter established by law, policy or practice in the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or another country; or
(d) points out in good faith any matters that are producing, or have a tendency to produce, feelings of ill-will or hostility between different groups, in order to bring about the removal of those matters; or
(e) does anything in good faith in connection with an industrial dispute or an industrial matter; or
(f) publishes in good faith a report or commentary about a matter of public interest.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1). See subsection 13.3(3).