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\u2018Ridiculous\u2019 for Coalition to oppose hate speech legislation in wake of Bondi attack, Burke says<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Home affairs minister Tony Burke<\/strong> said the government could not have a \u201cmore serious impetus for action\u201d on hate speech laws after the Bondi terror attack, saying lawmakers in Canberra should not be wasting time to act.<\/p>\n

Burke spoke to RN Breakfast just days before the Labor government is set to introduce new legislation in the wake of the mass shooting. The Coalition has said that timeline is too rushed, expressing significant reservations about the bill despite calling for an early return to parliament for weeks.<\/p>\n

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Burke the about-face was \u201cridiculous\u201d this morning:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>These arguments that are coming from the Liberal party now, having spent \u2026 week after week calling for the early return of parliament and saying how urgently we need to legislate, to now say, \u2018oh no, you\u2019re rushing us\u2019, is just ridiculous. \u2026<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t for the life of me see how the Liberal party have got themselves to the point where they\u2019re now effectively opposing the legislation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Burke was asked about a neo-Nazi group, the National Socialist Network, that claimed it would disband<\/a> before the hate speech legislation is brought to parliament. The home affairs minister said:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>Any day the Nazis take a step backwards is a good day. And if there was ever evidence that this legislation is urgent and that we\u2019ve got the balance right in what we\u2019ve put forward, it\u2019s that immediately on seeing it, the Nazis announced that they\u2019re going to disband \u2026<\/p>\n

None of this means that the hate in these individuals goes away, but it is making it more and more difficult for them to organise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n