Former PM called for national register and accreditation for imams, sparking backlash from Muslim leaders ...
The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it ...
In a liberal democracy, no religious or ideological tradition is entitled to immunity from criticism – particularly where it ...
An eight-year-old student at a primary school in London has been forced to seek admission elsewhere after facing ...
These ten change-makers, including Jessie Street and Charles Perkins, are just some of the key Australians who prodded the ...
The Trump administration has shifted its focus to Australia after calling out what it views as attacks on free speech by allies – especially in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Representatives of the Jewish community and the Australian Human Rights Commission give submissions to a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor's legislative response to the Bondi terror ...
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Religious leaders unite in call for hate speech rethink

Religious leaders have united across faiths to urge the prime minister to go back to the drawing board on contentious hate ...
The nation’s top imams have declared Labor’s proposed antisemitism and hate bill amounts to “Islamophobia in law and practice ...
Anne Aly said the government was ‘open to considering extending the protections to other types of hate’ ...
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Alarm sounded over religious text carve-out in hate law

A carve-out in hate speech legislation has been opposed by Jewish groups, with warnings it could undermine the intended protections against hate preachers.
EXCLUSIVEHate preachers will be offered a get out of jail card under new laws designed to crackdown on hate speech in the wake of the Bondi massacre.