View From The Hill: Defiant Nationals Break with Liberals over Hate Bill, Putting Strain on Coalition

Ley has 'tense and charged' discussion with Nationals colleagues as Coalition splits on hate speech laws

The Liberals and Nationals have found themselves at odds over the Albanese government's hate speech legislation.

Jewish groups say vilification laws should be revisited as Coalition splits on hate bill

Labor's watered-down hate law reform has passed the Senate with the support of the Liberal Party but not the Nationals, who opposed the legislation due to freedom of speech concerns.

Liberals vote with Labor to pass hate speech laws after threats from Jewish lobby

The Australian senate tonight passed Labor/Greens hate speech and gun buyback laws. The Liberals voted with Labor and Greens to pass the bill with independents and the National Party voting against it. The Liberals can kiss their arses goodbye now as this is the straw that broke the camels back. Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce […] The post Liberals vote with Labor to pass hate speech laws after threats from Jewish lobby appeared first on cairns…

Shadow cabinet split creates fresh Coalition crisis

Nationals shadow ministers have broken convention on shadow cabinet solidarity after they voted against the Coalition’s agreed position on hate crimes legislation.

View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition

The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals. The Nationals’ action puts new strain on Coalition relations, and is destabilising for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, who did the deal with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to support the legislation in return for concessions. The four Nationals senators voting …

Labor's hate laws set to pass with Liberal support as Coalition split

The Government's hate laws are poised to pass with Liberal support. The contentious legislation passed through the lower house after Labor worked with the Liberals to refine the bill. But the vote prompted a schism with Nationals.