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Podcast: JOHNSTONE
Episode: Australia's Frightening New "Hate Speech" Laws Are Clearly Aimed At Pro-Palestine Groups
Description: For me the most illuminating insight into what these laws are actually designed to do came up in an ABC interview with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland on Tuesday. Over and over again throughout the interview Rowland was asked by ABC's David Speers to clarify whether the new laws could see activist groups banned for criticizing Israel and opposing its genocidal atrocities in a way that causes Jewish Australians to feel upset feelings, and she refused to rule out the possibility every single time.
Reading by Tim Foley.