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Parliament to be recalled soon to debate hate speech laws
Legislation includes a national firearms register and a gun buyback following the Bondi Beach massacre, with parliament expected to convene within two weeks to pass reforms.
- January 12, 2026 could see parliament recalled to debate new national hate-speech and gun laws after the Bondi Beach massacre, with the first sitting more likely in the week of January 19, 2026.
- After December's Bondi Beach massacre, two gunmen killed 15 people, prompting Independent federal MPs and Olympians to demand a federal royal commission.
- Public servants who worked through Christmas and the new year drafted aggravated hate-speech offences, expanded visa powers, a national firearms register and buyback scheme while the national security committee met most days.
- Recollecting parliament hinges on when substantive laws can be tabled, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, while The Coalition presses for an urgent sitting before the scheduled return on February 3, 2026.
- Some MPs warn a federal royal commission could delay legislation while other reviews continue, and Tim Ayres, Federal Labor frontbencher, urged haste, saying `This is the time to act with urgency, to be focused on unity here in Australia`.
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POLITICANS will be hauled back to Canberra before Australia Day to pass laws responding to Australia's worst mass shooting in decades. Parliament is expected to return at some point in the next two weeks, with the aim of allowing the Government to pass laws cracking down on hate preachers who vilify people of other faiths. […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content.
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