Given the large number of changes proposed by the Albanese government’s hate speech bill, it’s not easy to decide which is the most significant. However, Australia’s first ever national criminal offense of inciting racial hatred is certainly a contender. As others have noted, criminal law-making on this scale should not be undertaken in a rush and without calm and fulsome consultation. However, the government seems determined to move swiftly on this in response to growing pressure in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. It is significant this bill proposes to criminalize the incitement of racial hatred. For more than...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
