The article discusses the proposed hate speech legislation in New South Wales, Australia, and the differing approaches taken by Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. While Minns has taken a strong stance against antisemitism and proposed broad amendments to existing laws, Albanese has adopted a more cautious approach, facing criticism for not being forceful enough in condemning antisemitism.
Ever since Australia’s antisemitism crisis began, on the evil night two days after the October 7 massacres when, chanting anti-Jewish slogans and displaying solidarity with Hamas terrorists, the reaction of Chris Minns has been noticeably stronger than that of Anthony Albanese.
NSW Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have taken a different approach to hate speech legislation amid a spike in antisemitism.However, when in recent days both federal and state parliaments have had to calibrate the correct legislative response, it is Minns who has over-reached, while Albanese – under pressure from Peter Dutton – has made the right call on amendments to “hate speech” laws.amend s.
But the expression of hostility – even hate – has, in itself, never been a crime. If it were, a great deal of public discussion about passionately contested issues would be against the law. The usual structure of such laws is to create a generic prohibition and then list a number of specific “protected categories”. Originally, these tended to be the those identified in the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, such as race, religion, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. More recently, the number of protected categories has become much larger, to include, for instance, trade union membership or women exercising “reproductive rights”.
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