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“Free speech? You can’t handle free speech.”

17 February 2017

3:49 PM

17 February 2017

3:49 PM

Australia’s race commissioner Tim Soutphommasane is taking on an Orwellian mission this week, telling members of parliament they need to keep free speech restrictions in place to protect liberal values.

The debate over section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is heating up ahead of a parliamentary committee report into the law due to be released later this month.

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