Religious leaders have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to delay his contentious hate speech laws out of concerns the draft legislation could have unintended consequences for people of faith.
A prominent Jewish group is calling on the Albanese Government to go back to the drawing board on hate speech reforms after failing to secure crucial support.
Communications Minister Anita Wells admitted there was “more work to do” but said it was still “early” after millions of accounts were removed in the first two days after the ban.
With just days until Parliament returns, Labor’s hate speech reforms are facing an uncertain path following more explosive accusations of politicisation and factional deadlock.
ANDREW GREENE: Liberal insiders give Sussan Ley credit for harnessing the anger of the Jewish community and deploying it against the PM, but they fear it has done little to lift the party’s electoral fortunes.
AARON PATRICK: Even South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas wasn’t powerful enough to shut down anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has been reinvited to speak at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival.