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| Report into 18C inquiry recommends fixing Racial Discrimination Act complaints process – politics live | |
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| Give me a break. | |
| As much as we would have loved to be there to grill Board on #auspost salaries, Australians have us working on more important issues today https://t.co/FhgD63eQ6U | |
| *live blogger falls off chair* | |
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| Given Ian Goodenough is still giving his preamble, Leeser also said: | |
| These reforms will return section 18C to its intended function as an important but limited protection against the worst kind of racial hate speech. They will also put important limitations on the types of complaints that are pursued and provide more oversight of the Human Rights Commission. | |
| Section 18C plays an important role in our multicultural society. However, it was always intended as a limited protection, to be used only in serious cases. The way the law is currently being administered allows too many nuisance complaints. The threshold for making a complaint is so low as to be virtually redundant. These reforms will see that complaints with no prospect of success, such as those made against the QUT students and Bill Leak, thrown out. | |
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| Fellow Liberal committee member Julian Leeser has beat the chair to put out a statement. | |
| From Leeser: | |
| The report makes several recommendations to fix the complaints handling process related to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. These include: | |
| · providing greater assistance to respondents to match what is currently afforded to complainants; | |
| · imposing time limits on notifying respondents and on the complaints handling processes more generally; | |
| · ensuring section 18D defences are considered by the commission in assessing complaints; | |
| · giving the commission greater powers to terminate complaints earlier in the process; | |
| · restricting access to the courts following the commission’s termination of a complaint; | |
| · providing penalties for legal practitioners instituting complaints that have no reasonable prospects of success; and | |
| · providing more parliamentary oversight to the commission. | |
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| Liberal chair of the Racial Discrimination Act 18C inquiry, Ian Goodenough, is presenting the report to the parliament. | |
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| Young Witness, the local newspaper, reports this is the property in Young where the man was arrested. | Young Witness, the local newspaper, reports this is the property in Young where the man was arrested. |
| https://t.co/KR6KDb4RzJ pic.twitter.com/mYrIB219GB | https://t.co/KR6KDb4RzJ pic.twitter.com/mYrIB219GB |
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| The man has children who were in the house at the time of his arrest. | The man has children who were in the house at the time of his arrest. |
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| Colvin says he believes that the man acted alone in the region and the police have no unreasonable concerns about the town of Young. | Colvin says he believes that the man acted alone in the region and the police have no unreasonable concerns about the town of Young. |
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| AFP head Andrew Colvin says the man had no direct experience in missile technology or laser technology to his knowledge. | AFP head Andrew Colvin says the man had no direct experience in missile technology or laser technology to his knowledge. |
| Asked about the use of metal detectors by police on the Young property, Colvin says: | Asked about the use of metal detectors by police on the Young property, Colvin says: |
| This is a very technical offence and this gentleman is quite technically minded so we will be doing a complete, thorough forensic examination of that property. It could take hours, if not days, and we will leave no stone unturned in what we’re looking for. | This is a very technical offence and this gentleman is quite technically minded so we will be doing a complete, thorough forensic examination of that property. It could take hours, if not days, and we will leave no stone unturned in what we’re looking for. |
| 4.57am GMT | 4.57am GMT |
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| The man arrested was Australian born and an Australian citizen. He will appear in Young local court later today. | The man arrested was Australian born and an Australian citizen. He will appear in Young local court later today. |
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| Colvin says he does not believe the man was a former member of a government agency. | Colvin says he does not believe the man was a former member of a government agency. |
| Colvin says he is an electrician. | Colvin says he is an electrician. |
| The advice he was allegedly providing was sophisticated and well planned, Colvin says. | The advice he was allegedly providing was sophisticated and well planned, Colvin says. |
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| Michael Keenan says charges are expected to be laid are serious. | Michael Keenan says charges are expected to be laid are serious. |
| Andrew Colvin, head of AFP, says there are two serious foreign incursion alleged offences involved carry a maximum of life imprisonment. | Andrew Colvin, head of AFP, says there are two serious foreign incursion alleged offences involved carry a maximum of life imprisonment. |
| We will allege he has utilised the internet to perform services for Isil, activities in the Syria and Iraq conflict, from Australia in the following ways. Firstly, by researching and designing a laser warning device to help warn against incoming guiding munitions used by coalition forces in Syria and Iraq. | We will allege he has utilised the internet to perform services for Isil, activities in the Syria and Iraq conflict, from Australia in the following ways. Firstly, by researching and designing a laser warning device to help warn against incoming guiding munitions used by coalition forces in Syria and Iraq. |
| Secondly, we will also allege that he has been researching, designing and modelling systems to assist Isil’s efforts to develop their own long-range guided missile capabilities. | Secondly, we will also allege that he has been researching, designing and modelling systems to assist Isil’s efforts to develop their own long-range guided missile capabilities. |
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| Ongoing #AFP operation in Young @AFPmedia updates here; https://t.co/ZzOr6E37ZE photo and video | Ongoing #AFP operation in Young @AFPmedia updates here; https://t.co/ZzOr6E37ZE photo and video |
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| Turnbull says the police will allege: | Turnbull says the police will allege: |
| that this individual, in a regional centre, acted with intent to provide Isil with the capability, with the technical capability, and high-tech capability, to detect and develop missiles. | that this individual, in a regional centre, acted with intent to provide Isil with the capability, with the technical capability, and high-tech capability, to detect and develop missiles. |
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| Man arrested in Young for alleged assistance to Islamic State | Man arrested in Young for alleged assistance to Islamic State |
| Malcolm Turnbull says the Australian Federal Police have arrested a 42-year-old man in the New South Wales town of Young in relation to alleged terrorism offences. | Malcolm Turnbull says the Australian Federal Police have arrested a 42-year-old man in the New South Wales town of Young in relation to alleged terrorism offences. |
| This operation does not relate to any planned terrorist attack in Australia. Police will allege that the man arrested has sought to advise Isil on how to develop high-tech weapons capability. | This operation does not relate to any planned terrorist attack in Australia. Police will allege that the man arrested has sought to advise Isil on how to develop high-tech weapons capability. |
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