The Guardian: Hate speech bill won’t address ‘rising tide of public homophobia’

Excerpt from the Guardian Live Blog:

And again on the topic of the hate speech bill, Alastair Lawrie, director of policy and advocacy at the Justice and Equity Centre, said:

‘We are concerned by reports that the government’s promised hate speech bill will not contain the broad-based civil vilification provisions which are needed by LGBTIQ Australians, people of minority faiths, people with disability and others.’

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