Free speech was curtailed in Queensland this week, as the state government moved to restrict phrases it deemed antisemitic. You'd be forgiven for missing it. The government made a flurry of other policy announcements to distract from its 11th-hour changes to its hate speech laws. The "Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Bill" was the LNP's response to the Bondi terror attack. When first introduced, it would have given the attorney-general of the day the extraordinary power to ban any expression inciting violence or offence. It was criticised by legal and religious...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
