Greens join Coalition in rejecting Labor’s proposed hate speech reform | ABC NEWS
The Greens have decided against supporting the Albanese government’s proposed hate crime reforms due to concerns about civil liberties and free speech. The party said it would back laws targeting gun control that were proposed in the same overhaul, but not those relating to hate crime, which it called “divisive” and “not supportable”.
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