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

As I said in my answer to your primary question, there are a variety of views on this issue and different areas of the Australian community partake of that variety of views. You see, Senator Singh, unlike the people on your side of the chamber, we actually are not threatened by the fact that there is a variety of views on important social questions. We think the fact that that is a variety of views on important social questions is a good thing and a bad thing. And unlike you, Senator Singh, we are going to consider that variety of views in order to arrive at the objective that the government has set itself. And that is to reform section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act so it serves, better than it currently does in its current form, the twin objectives of stronger anti-racial vilification laws and greater protections for freedom of speech.