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, nor 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:
There’s a dirty deal happening this morning between Labor and the Coalition designed to silence support for a free Palestine and to jail their critics. pic.twitter.com/c2unxTXQbE
— David Shoebridge (@DavidShoebridge) January 20, 2026
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.
