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18C was lost to cultural romanticising and self-interest

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

The reaction of liberals and conservatives to the Abbott Government dropping its plans to reform Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act was in equal measure angry and dismayed. Culture warriors gearing themselves up to flay any compromise short of a full repeal were caught off guard, and did not hold back.

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Jeremy Ian Barth is a Melbourne-based writer/communications consultant.

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