Suddenly Australians have become obsessed with freedom, particularly ‘freedom of speech’. For that we can thank the Prime Minister who decided to repeal section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act which makes it unlawful to ‘offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate… [someone] because of their race, religion or ethnicity’. To the extreme Left, this is living proof that Australia is one of the most racist countries in the world deserving universal condemnation for its widespread denial of basic human rights.
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Barry Cohen was a Labor MP (1969-90) and a minister in the Hawke government.
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