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Peter Malinauskas says he has done what he thinks ‘is right’ in his handling of the Adelaide writers’ week fall-out. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Burke says it’s ‘ridiculous’ Coalition critical of hate speech legislation in wake of Bondi attack Home affairs minister Tony Burke said the government could not have a “more serious impetus for action” on hate speech laws after the Bondi terror attack, saying lawmakers in Canberra should not be wasting time to act. These arguments that are coming from the Liberal Party now, having spent all the last week after week calling for the early return of parliament and saying how urgently we need to legislate, to now say, ‘oh no, you’re rushing us’, is just ridiculous. … I can’t for the life of me see how the Liberal Party have got themselves to the point where they’re now effectively opposing the legislation. Continue reading...