Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Questions without Notice

Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Masjidain on 15 March 2019

2:45 pm

Photo of Mehreen FaruqiMehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Several of the recommendations of the report relate to properly criminalising hate speech and tracking hate crimes. The report acknowledges a link between hate crime and terrorism. In Australia, our hate speech laws are very narrow and we do not track hate crimes at the national level. Will the government change the law to stamp out hate speech and start tracking hate crimes properly?

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