Inquiry into banning pro-Palestine phrase warned against importing ‘repressive models’ from overseas, while legal experts say UK model could be incompatible with Australia’s constitution
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As the Australian federal government prepares to debate a bill on hate speech following the Bondi attack, behind closed doors a New South Wales inquiry is investigating banning a specific phrase: “globalise the intifada”.
The inquiry into “measures to prohibit slogans that incite hatred” closed to public submissions on Monday after just three weeks, and will not hold any public hearings before it hands its report to the Minns government at the end of the month.