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Coalition backs away from Labor’s hate and gun reforms
Liberals are backing away from a push to tackle antisemitism with stronger racial hatred laws, with some senior figures in the party also voicing freedom of speech concerns. Source: ABC News.
PM uses Old Testament to justify religious text exemptions
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used the Old Testament of the Bible to justify carving out religious texts in his bill solely focused on stopping hate on the basis of race and ethnicity. Source: The Australian.
Albanese urges all MPs to back hate speech and gun reforms
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is urging MPs across politics to criminalise racial hatred and back his gun buyback scheme during an emergency parliamentary sitting week next week. Source: The Australian.
Labor plans new laws targeting hate preachers
The Albanese Government is writing new laws over Christmas to stamp out hate preachers and beef up criminal consequences for people who make racist threats. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Albanese shifts focus from gun control to antisemitism
Federal and state leaders are preparing a renewed crackdown on hate preachers and violent vilification after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shifted focus from gun control to antisemitism. Source: The Australian.
National Cabinet agrees unanimously to strengthen gun laws
Only Australian citizens would be able to hold a firearm licence under stronger gun laws being considered by states and territories in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Source: ABC News.
Government will ‘stand firm’ as under-16s ban comes into effect
Communications Minister Anika Wells has vowed to “stand firm” against looming legal challenges and pressure from technology giants as the Government’s under-16s social media ban comes into effect today. Source: The Australian.
Chalmers ends energy rebates, says more ‘tough decisions’ coming
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned taxpayers of more tough decisions to help repair the budget and wean Australians off temporary financial sugar hits after the federal Government revealed it will not extend its $300 power bill subsidy. Source: The Age.
Voters support teen media ban but sceptical it can work
Voters are throwing their support behind Australia’s teen social media ban, although most are sceptical that it can work – and less than a third of parents are planning to fully enforce it, new polling shows. Source: The Age.