
Race hate changes killed off in Senate
Controversial changes to race-hate speech laws are dead in the water following a marathon late night Senate debate.
Controversial changes to race-hate speech laws are dead in the water following a marathon late night Senate debate.
A majority of Australians oppose the Turnbull government’s efforts to change the nation’s race-hate laws, new polling shows.
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The Turnbull government’s hopes of re-wording race-hate speech laws appear doomed with Senate crossbenchers giving the move the thumbs-down.
Coalition MPs have backed watering down race-hate laws in the interest of freedom of speech, as parliament marks Harmony Day.
The Federal Government is willfully misrepresenting the role of the Human Rights Commission in an attempt to undermine a public institution, writes Michael Jacobs.
A parliamentary inquiry into a contentious section of race hate-speech laws is almost certain with Malcolm Turnbull acknowledging it was a legitimate area for discussion.