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Shadow minister maintains proposed hate speech laws ‘rushed’, but rejects claim of hypocrisy

Susan McDonald, the shadow minister for resources, said the Coalition has not yet decided on its support for the hate speech laws and gun reform, but maintained that the effort had been “so rushed and so little consulted on”.

Absolutely we’ve called for legislation to be brought forward. We’ve called for the parliament to be reformed because it is absolutely critical that we eradicate antisemitism in this country and that we remove radical Islam. That should be our laser-like focus.

This legislation does neither of those things, and recalling parliament is not a free pass to passing bad legislation.

These laws are nationally significant. They will impact every Australian. So we think that it’s reasonable that more time be taken to make sure that they are fit for purpose and that there are no unintended consequences.

I accept whatever the families want, but I’ve got to say that I actually had remarked to some people very early on following the attack that I thought we would end up with that bridge being removed.

Source: Guardian - World News