Abstract
Early in 2014, federal Attorney-General George Brandis released a proposal to significantly amend our law against racial vilification, Sections 18C and 18D of the Racial Discrimination Act, on the strength, it seems, of a promise to Andrew Bolt. After widespread condemnation the proposal was abandoned. No bill was ever tabled in parliament. The proposal was a radical watering down of the protection against racial vilification. It would have shifted the free speech balance so far that almost anything could be said with impunity
| Original language | English |
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| No. | Online |
| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |