"The late Justice Lionel Murphy said: 'Freedom of speech is what is left over after due weight has been accorded to the laws relating to defamation, blasphemy, copyright, sedition, obscenity, use of insulting words, official secrecy, contempt of court and parliament, incitement and censorship'."
This mockery of a government continues to send a wrecking ball through much of what is good in this country. Will we now build a tradition of defamation, blasphemy...etc. by removing this clause from the anti-discrimination laws? The drivel issuing from the mouths of the libertine extreme represented by Andrew Bolt is testament to the shallow facade covering these disagreeable elements in our society. Tinkering with this legislation will encourage Boltian bigotry and could 'open a floodgate' as they say. At the very least it sends the wrong message.
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