The Australian’s Legal Affairs contributor Chris Merritt says Liberal Leader Sussan Ley was “surprisingly strong” against Labor’s hate speech bill.
“The problem with the government’s bill is I think what they’ve done, is in a rush, they have simply copied a flawed act of the New South Wales parliament,” Mr Merritt said.
“The federal government I think has simply copied that approach … it would do exactly what I think the federal law will now do.”
