Labor and the Coalition are close to Parliament rushing through a package of antisemitism, hate speech, extremism, and gun reform laws. #auspol

Prohibition does not work, neither will these laws work.

We unpack what the Hate Speech Bill is trying to do, why “adjacent terms” could become a compliance nightmare, and why vague definitions can hand enormous power to the executive to decide who counts as a hate group, and who gets targeted next.



David Shoebridge on the hate group plotting: https://x.com/DavidShoebridge/status/2013412134236168389

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Chapters
00:00 Context, satire, and the “ban words” farce
01:05 Adjacent terms, Nick Riemer, and the chilling effect
03:19 Senate power plays, protest rights, and censorship pressure
09:05 Palantir, surveillance politics, and what gets ignored

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