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Labor Finds some Spine on Hate Laws – and the LNP Reaches for Outrage
Queensland laws impose up to two years imprisonment for using banned phrases to menace or offend and include new penalties for intimidation at places of worship.
- On Thursday, Queensland Parliament passed hate speech laws banning the phrases `from the river to the sea` and `globalise the intifada`, with the ban inserted last minute by the Crisafulli government, and amendments only seen by Labor on Wednesday afternoon.
- Framed as a safety measure after Bondi, the government said the laws respond to the December attack and address community safety concerns raised by the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies.
- Written and spoken uses will be criminalised, with Queensland law imposing up to two years for slogans, seven years for worship‑intimidation offences, and requiring new gun licence applicants to be Australian citizens.
- All 52 LNP MPs and two Katter's Australian Party MPs voted for the bill, while Greens MP Michael Berkman and independents Sandy Bolton and Jimmy Sullivan opposed it.
- Amid criticism from civil society, groups warned the legislation threatens civil liberties, while Queensland will not join the Commonwealth national gun buyback scheme.
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The AgeQueensland politics as it happened: Contentious hate speech laws to pass; Bleijie avoids ethics referral over ‘I’ll get you’ barb
Labor has aired concerns about the hate speech and gun reforms but is expected to vote in favour when it passes through parliament today. While Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has avoided punishment for an apparent threat to a Labor MP.
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On Thursday, the Queensland Parliament passed a far-reaching new anti-hate speech law. The law bans certain phrases that make the public feel threatened, harassed, or offended. At the same time, gun control laws were amended, including requiring gun owners to be Australian citizens. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, under the law passed in the Queensland Parliament on Thursday, the phrases "From the river to the sea" and "Glo…
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