Minns says bridge used in Bondi attack should be torn down – as it happened

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• Senior Liberals urge colleagues to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

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Bridget McKenzie concerned there’s not enough time to work through hate speech and gun reform legislation

Bridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said she is concerned there is not enough time to work through upcoming legislation on hate speech and gun reforms after the Bondi terror attack.

Those pieces of legislation were subjected to long and lengthy and appropriate scrutiny by the parliament, by the broader community, by the experts, so that we, as a parliament, could get it right …

Unfortunately, the prime minister has chosen to play politics with this bill. He’s lumped migration changes in with the management of firearms and obviously in with hate speech laws. So there’s a lot to unpack and not enough time before we debate it to actually get those opinions from the experts.

It was right and appropriate that we as an opposition seek to work with the government to call a royal commission to actually bring parliament back to move motions of condolence and support for our, particularly our Jewish community …

But when it comes to a piece of legislation, that should go through the appropriate processes of parliament so that we can get it right.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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