QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE › Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Masjidain on 15 March 2019
Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (14:45): Several of the recommendations of the report relate to properly criminalising hate speech and tracking hate crimes. The report acknowledges a link between hate crime and terrorism. In Australia, our hate speech laws are very narrow and we do not track hate crimes at the national level. Will the government change the law to stamp out hate speech and start tracking hate crimes properly?