George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I should correct what seems to be a misconception on Senator Di Natale's part. The exposure draft that I released this morning does not propose any changes at all to the machinery provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act—or of the Human Rights Act, for that matter. What the exposure draft does is honour an election promise the government made to repeal section 18C in its current form and replace it with provisions which are (a) more respectful of freedom of speech, including the freedom of speech of unreasonable and intolerant people like you, Senator Di Natale, and (b)—