Greens back ethnic and indigenous groups on Racial Discrimination Act
The Australian Greens have today backed calls by a coalition of ethnic and indigenous groups to protect laws against racially-motivated hate speech, saying the Coalition’s plan to weaken protections against racism is shameful.
“The Greens will never support any moves that make it easier to abuse people on the basis of race,” said Senator Richard Di Natale, Greens spokesperson for Multiculturalism.
“Multiculturalism is one of Australia’s greatest success stories but racial vilification is still a reality for too many people in our society.