A veteran civil liberties campaigner has likened the passage of laws designed to combat anti-Semitism as a return to the days of a notoriously authoritarian former state leader. Terry O'Gorman, president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, said the passing of the laws by the Crisafulli government was a bad day for freedom of speech and public protest in Queensland. The law specifically outlaws two phrases: "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea". Their utterance in Queensland is now punishable by up to two years' jail. The phrases are considered inherently anti-Semitic by some, who claim...
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