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No diving

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

The last time federal MP Craig Laundy made headlines was when he pre-empted Tony Abbott’s back down on the repeal of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Laundy declared that he would cross the floor to ensure the Orwellian laws remained intact.This grandstanding turned out not to be necessary, although no doubt he feels vindicated by the ongoing furore about Queensland University of Technology’s segregated computer lab and its ‘offended, embarrassed, humiliated and psychiatrically injured’ indigenous hall monitor.

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