Abbott Government backtracks on Racial Discrimination Act 18C changes - pushes ahead with tougher se
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[QUOTE]The Federal Government has taken contentious changes to racial discrimination laws "off the table" to protect national "unity", whilst moving to toughen the nation's security laws to combat home-grown terrorism.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, flanked by Attorney-General George Brandis and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, revealed the measures at a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra.
Mr Abbott said he was dumping Senator Brandis's draft laws, which would have removed key sections of the Racial Discrimination Act which the Attorney-General said made it illegal to "hurt the feelings of others".
The PM said he had made a "leadership call" to abandon the changes, because they had become a "complication" in the Government's relationship with the Australian Muslim community.
"When it comes to counter-terrorism, everyone needs to be part of Team Australia," Mr Abbott said.
"The Government's proposals to change 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act have become a complication in that respect.
"I don't want to do anything that puts our national unity at risk at this time and so those proposals are now off the table.
"It is, if you like, a leadership call that I have made after discussion with the Cabinet today.
"In the end, leadership is about preserving national unity on the essentials and that is why I have taken this decision."[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-05/government-backtracks-on-racial-discrimination-act-changes/5650030#comments[/URL]
18c was this
[QUOTE]18C Offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin (1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:
(a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and
(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group.
Note: Subsection (1) makes certain acts unlawful. Section 46P of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 allows people to make complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission about unlawful acts. However, an unlawful act is not necessarily a criminal offence. Section 26 says that this Act does not make it an offence to do an act that is unlawful because of this Part, unless Part IV expressly says that the act is an offence.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act is taken not to be done in private if it:
(a) causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or
(b) is done in a public place; or
(c) is done in the sight or hearing of people who are in a public place.
(3) In this section:
public place includes any place to which the public have access as of right or by invitation, whether express or implied and whether or not a charge is made for admission to the place.[/QUOTE]
Well, I'm glad they decided not to criminalize being annoying while ethnic.
They only wanted to do away with it so that the media could get away with racist remarks.
Brandis is a cunt.
18c is nothing compared to the internet history shit they just announced.
lol
I have no problem with this.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;45605311]18c is nothing compared to the internet history shit they just announced.[/QUOTE]
I know but I'm hoping that gets shot down too
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45605456]I know but I'm hoping that gets shot down too[/QUOTE]
It won't. I'm sure Labor will be all too happy to see internet monitoring passed, considering it was once their policy.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;45605481]It won't. I'm sure Labor will be all too happy to see internet monitoring passed, considering it was once their policy.[/QUOTE]
I don't know, if anything ISP's will object to this and shit. I wouldn't doubt iiNet would flip shit and say they're not going to give out their logs
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45605499]I don't know, if anything ISP's will object to this and shit. I wouldn't doubt iiNet would flip shit and say they're not going to give out their logs[/QUOTE]
ISPs except for Telstra (who already log our data) would not be happy with this, but there is nothing they can really do if the legislature says otherwise.
There's probably an ulterior motive in this with that being mining data for people like Village Roadshow and other entertainment providers, so they can sue.
So assuming this passes, what am I going to need to hide my internet usage from the gubment
A VPN?
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45605499]I don't know, if anything ISP's will object to this and shit. I wouldn't doubt iiNet would flip shit and say they're not going to give out their logs[/QUOTE]
[url]http://blog.iinet.net.au/protecting-your-privacy/[/url]
iiNet are very against it.
[QUOTE=kitthehacker;45606682][url]http://blog.iinet.net.au/protecting-your-privacy/[/url]
iiNet are very against it.[/QUOTE]
Let's hope they go up to the high court about this
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45606869]Let's hope they go up to the high court about this[/QUOTE]
Not really much they can do when the pass the new laws.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;45606887]Not really much they can do when the pass the new laws.[/QUOTE]
They could see if it breaches the constitution
It is within their power to legislate on the internet.
[quote] (v) postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services;
(xxix) external affairs;[/quote]
etc
well that's fucking bullshit
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