The government will bring forward tougher laws on hate speech and “doxxing” in an attempt to separate it from the political storm brewing over laws on religious freedom.
Australians will be promised a new legal protection from extreme hate speech in a federal decision to proceed with the changes despite a political storm over laws on religious freedom and the mounting challenge of getting a cross-party deal on reform.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised the religious discrimination laws at the last election in a bid to resolve years of argument over the rights of faith-based schools to sack teachers and turn away students over questions of faith. Under existing law, religious schools have an exemption from the Sex Discrimination Act so they can refuse to employ gay teachers and can expel transgender students.
Dutton responded with an angry attack on Albanese for disclosing their private conversation about the issue and stepping back from the changes, saying this was about “the character of the prime minister” because he had promised action. Asked several times if he planned to shelve the changes, Dreyfus repeated that he was seeking a bipartisan outcome.
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