"Simon Rice, professor of law at USyd says the bill is “bizarrely complicated” because it is “trying to dress up freedom as discrimination” – a sword as a shield, in other words." #auslaw #auspol 1/ smh.com.au/politics/feder…
"He warns that by allowing people to make discriminatory statements with impunity, it “emboldens” those inclined to discrimination." 2/
"The overriding of state laws is also likely to reduce the authority of state tribunals, which hear the vast majority of the country’s discrimination claims." 3/
"If a person accused of discrim claims they were making a statement of belief, state tribunals will be largely unable to deal with the claim. Instead, the victim would have to take their claim to the Supreme Court, which would be prohibitively expensive & take yrs to resolve." 4/
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