PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

Labor plans to create new racial vilification offence and to list groups as prohibited hate groups in a crackdown on ‘hate preachers’Anthony Albanese will push the Coalition and the Greens...

By Tom McIlroy and Krishani Dhanji · The Guardian World

Labor plans to create new racial vilification offence and to list groups as prohibited hate groups in a crackdown on ‘hate preachers’ Anthony Albanese will push the Coalition and the Greens to support urgent legislation proposing tougher hate speech laws and gun reform, bringing MPs back to Canberra on Monday in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Recalling parliament two weeks early, the prime minister said hate speech and anti-vilification laws would be considered in the same legislation as provisions to establish the biggest gun buy-back program since the Port Arthur massacre. Continue reading...