20151120 Press Release Mr G H Schorel Hlavka Issue Section 18c Of The senate has thrown out the turnbull government’s controversial legislative changes weakening section 18c of the racial discrimination act. the government had sought to replace the words “offend, insult or humiliate” in section 18c with the term “harass” – which would have eroded the current protections against hate speech. Late thursday night, the senate blocked the federal government's attempt to change the wording of section 18c of the racial discrimination act. but supporters of the change, in particular, are.
Senate Blocks Government S Changes To Section 18c Of Racial As expected, on thursday night the senate voted down the removal of the words “insult, offend and humiliate” from the racial discrimination act and have them replaced with “harass”. the “reasonable person test”, known as the “pub test”, was also dropped. After hours of discussion, the senate voted down proposed changes, which means section 18c will remain as it is for the foreseeable future, the abc reports. the proposed changes aimed to remove the words "insult", "offend" and "humiliate", and replace them with "harass". Proposed changes to race hate speech laws are dead in the water following a fiery marathon late night senate debate. the turnbull government wanted the words "offend", "insult" and "humiliate" in section 18c of the racial discrimination act changed to "harass and intimidate". Malcolm turnbull has announced a watering down of the controversial section 18c of the racial discrimination act, in a major victory for the conservatives in the liberal party. under the.
Changes To Section 18c Of The Racial Discrimination Act 2ser Proposed changes to race hate speech laws are dead in the water following a fiery marathon late night senate debate. the turnbull government wanted the words "offend", "insult" and "humiliate" in section 18c of the racial discrimination act changed to "harass and intimidate". Malcolm turnbull has announced a watering down of the controversial section 18c of the racial discrimination act, in a major victory for the conservatives in the liberal party. under the. Late thursday night, the senate blocked the federal government's attempt to change the wording of section 18c of the racial discrimination act. but supporters of the change, in particular, are. “the vote by the senate not to replace the words “offend”, “insult” and “humiliate” in section 18c of the racial discrimination act with “harass and intimidate” is a victory for the majority of australians who made the compelling case that it was vital to retain 18c in its present form. Changes to section 18c of the racial discrimination act unveiled this week look set for defeat in the senate. but the issue will continue to breathe life. The turnbull government’s attempts to remove of the offences "insult", "humiliate", and "offend" and replace them with "harass" in section 18c of the act were on thursday night defeated by labor, greens and key crossbench senators, 31 28.
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