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Stunned Albanese says Coalition ‘playing politics’ as Ley calls hate speech reforms ‘pretty unsalvageable’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/15/sussan-ley-coalition-criticises-labor-hate-speech-reforms-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #SussanLey #Coalition #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #LiberalParty #AnthonyAlbanese #Antisemitism #LaborParty #FreedomOfSpeech #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #Protest
Stunned Albanese says Coalition ‘playing politics’ as Ley calls hate speech reforms ‘pretty unsalvageable’

Opposition leader says government took ‘a month to deliver this bad bill’ as Labor criticises Liberal ‘hypocrisy’ on proposed hate laws

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Coalition set to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/14/senior-liberals-urge-colleagues-to-vote-against-labors-hate-speech-and-gun-laws-in-wake-of-bondi-terror-attack-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AnthonyAlbanese #SussanLey #Antisemitism #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #Coalition #GunControl
Coalition set to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

It comes after opposition leader Sussan Ley has spent weeks calling for better legislative protections to tackle antisemitism

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Labor considering extending new hate speech protections to LGBTQ+ Australians and religious groups https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/14/labor-considering-extending-new-hate-speech-protections-to-lgbtq-australians-and-religious-groups #AustralianPolitics #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AnthonyAlbanese #LgbtqRights #Religion #AustraliaNews
Labor considering extending new hate speech protections to LGBTQ+ Australians and religious groups

Anne Aly said the government was ‘open to considering extending the protections to other types of hate’

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
Adelaide writers’ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for ‘how decision was represented’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-as-board-apologises-to-randa-abdel-fattah-for-how-decision-was-represented-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #AustraliaNews #Culture #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
Adelaide writers’ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for ‘how decision was represented’

Almost all remaining festival board members have resigned after backlash to decision to disinvite the Palestinian Australian author

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Quoting religious text could be defence against Australia’s new hate speech laws, draft bill shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/quoting-religious-text-could-be-defence-against-new-hate-speech-laws-draft-bill-shows-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
Quoting religious text could be defence against Australia’s new hate speech laws, draft bill shows

Referencing ‘teaching or discussion’ could give exemption from legislation Labor hopes to pass next week

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/pm-recall-parliament-hate-speech-reform-bondi-terror-attack-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustraliaNews #AnthonyAlbanese
PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

MPs to return next week to debate new racial vilification offence, ‘hate preachers’ crackdown and gun buyback

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
NSW councils to be given powers to shut down ‘factories of hate’ as Minns targets unlawful places of worship https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/nsw-councils-to-be-given-powers-to-shut-down-factories-of-hate-as-minns-targets-unlawful-places-of-worship-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
NSW councils to be given powers to shut down ‘factories of hate’ as Minns targets unlawful places of worship

Reforms come in wake of Bondi terror attack and will allow councils to cut off utilities if groups operate in breach of shut down order

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/10/sa-premier-denies-pressuring-adelaide-festival-to-drop-randa-abdel-fattah-ntwnfb #PeterMalinauskas #SouthAustralia #Adelaide #Festivals #AustraliaNews #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah

Letter from 11 South Australian cultural leaders labels cancellation of Palestinian-Australian’s participation a ‘grave mistake’ which brought festival into disrepute

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Sussan Ley won the royal commission argument. For the sake of unity, will she stop the all-out attack? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/09/sussan-ley-won-royal-commission-argument-ntwnfb #SussanLey #AustralianPolitics #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #AustraliaNews #Coalition #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
Sussan Ley won the royal commission argument. For the sake of unity, will she lower the temperature?

The opposition isn’t obliged to give the government a free pass – but it’s time to let the inquiry and criminal court proceedings do their work

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Dozens of writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/09/adelaide-festival-boycott-pro-palestine-academic-randa-abdel-fattah-ntwnfb #AdelaideFestival #AustraliaNews #Culture #SouthAustralia #Adelaide #BondiBeachTerrorAttack
Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah

Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing

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