Labor and the Coalition are close to Parliament rushing through a package of antisemitism, hate speech, extremism, and gun reform laws. #auspol
Prohibition does not work, neither will these laws work.
We unpack what the Hate Speech Bill is trying to do, why “adjacent terms” could become a compliance nightmare, and why vague definitions can hand enormous power to the executive to decide who counts as a hate group, and who gets targeted next.
David Shoebridge on the hate group plotting: https://x.com/DavidShoebridge/status/2013412134236168389
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Chapters
00:00 Context, satire, and the “ban words” farce
01:05 Adjacent terms, Nick Riemer, and the chilling effect
03:19 Senate power plays, protest rights, and censorship pressure
09:05 Palantir, surveillance politics, and what gets ignored
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Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
