Part A
In an address to the IPA titled “Freedom Wars”, Tony Abbott declared that it is his intention to repeal s18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, claiming that this section of the Act impacts upon Freedom of Speech. This ideal of freedom of speech is that which we should all aspire to, however, as a friend once stated: You mean the freedom to be an asshole. We will explore this later.
The text of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) can be found via Austlii.
Section C18 of the Act, that being which Tony Abbott so vehemently opposes concerns offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin. That’s correct, it’s offensive behaviour, with the specifics being:
For an act to be unlawful it must fulfill the following criteria:
- that the action causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or…
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Abbott should do research before he speaks and writes as he makes himself be proven as a idiot, as Australia unlike The USA does not have Freedom of Speech.
But those who are pushing for Freedom of Speech are those most likely to abuse it, like Tony Abbott, Alan Jones, A Bolt and other gutter rats from The Media and The Liberals.