Fined for demanding Fair Trade Coffee?

I was listening to David Marr on Late Night Live talking about his view that the Howard government policies have stifled freedom of speech and corrupted public debate in Australia. The one thing that really disturbed me occurs at 12:20 in the podcast. When in response to the anti mulesing campaign on Australian sheep that...

Peter Costello says he's going to amened the trade practices act so that you can actually prosecute people who are trying to get up morals boycotts, who are trying to encourage customers not to buy things on moral grounds, Like, you know, not buying stuff from France during the atomic bombs or only buying coffee from people who pay fair rates for coffee growers. Peter Costello is going to make that a criminal offence, you're going to be able to be fined for it, this is what he says.

So are you ready to be fined for demanding fair trade coffee? I hope that this kind of idea never sees the light of day.