Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:47): The Prime Minister announced, following a decision of the cabinet on 5 August, that the government's proposal to change section 18C had been taken off the table. That is the position of the government.
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