Soul Wings
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Hello everyone. I am surprised this has not been mentioned already.
The government are essentially trying to pass a bill to stop public "hatred" statements (yes, this includes statements on the internet) with new legislation looking to be passed soon. It is an assault on free speech. But not that we have anything protecting that. We're sitting ducks. You can literally say "I don't like Muslims" and get arrested for 5 years. I wish I was fucking joking.
The government claim this bill is being proposed due to the Bondi attack, but most people are aware this is most certainly overkill. If you even just make a statement that you don't like someone because of their race, religion or ethnicity, you can be arrested.
You will not be allowed to make statements or support "prohibited organisations".
www.aph.gov.au
Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
The government are essentially trying to pass a bill to stop public "hatred" statements (yes, this includes statements on the internet) with new legislation looking to be passed soon. It is an assault on free speech. But not that we have anything protecting that. We're sitting ducks. You can literally say "I don't like Muslims" and get arrested for 5 years. I wish I was fucking joking.
The government claim this bill is being proposed due to the Bondi attack, but most people are aware this is most certainly overkill. If you even just make a statement that you don't like someone because of their race, religion or ethnicity, you can be arrested.
You will not be allowed to make statements or support "prohibited organisations".
Exposure Draft Legislation: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
Key points On 12 January 2026, the Prime Minister announced that the Parliament would be recalled to consider the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. While the Bill has yet to have been tabled in Parliament an Exposure Draft of the Bill was released on 13
- On 12 January 2026, the Prime Minister announced that the Parliament would be recalled to consider the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. While the Bill has yet to have been tabled in Parliament an Exposure Draft of the Bill was released on 13 January 2026. This Bills Digest has been prepared in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Bill (the Bill).
- The Bill aims to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism and strengthen gun laws in Australia and includes a number of significant amendments, such as:
- introducing a range of new offences including an aggravated offence for religious, spiritual or other leaders who advocate or threaten violence; and a racial vilification offence that makes it a crime to promote or incite racial, national or ethnic hatred or disseminate ideas of superiority based on such factors
- newly defining ‘hate crime’ in Commonwealth law as certain crimes targeting persons based on race or national or ethnic origin
- providing a new framework to allow organisations to be listed in regulations as ‘prohibited hate groups’, and introducing a range of offences connected to hate groups
- amending the reasonable person test for offences involving Nazi or prohibited symbols by requiring courts to consider their impact on a reasonable person from the targeted group
- requiring courts to consider, when sentencing a person, whether a federal offence was motivated by racial, national, or ethnic hatred
- amending customs regulations to prohibit the import and export of violent extremist material and prohibited hate symbols, and strengthening importation controls on firearms
- enabling the Minister for Home Affairs to refuse to grant, or to cancel, a visa on the basis of hate motivated conduct and offences relating to the spread of hatred and extremism
- establishing a National Gun Buyback Scheme, with costs to be split between the Commonwealth and state/territory governments