Liberal Senator Alex Antic says he is “very uncomfortable” with bureaucrats having “draconian” powers.

“It’s baked into the constitution; it’s baked into the We Believe statement, so, of course, it [the Liberal Party] does [believe in freedom of speech],” Mr Antic told Sky News Australia.

“I think what this has shown is how difficult this topic is.

“None of us want to see violent images or distressing images online, but by the same token, it's my personal view that we have to be very careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

“If we … had this power given in the last few decades, we never would have seen the murder of John F. Kennedy.

“I’m very uncomfortable with bureaucrats having the power to censor.”