Labor’s hate speech and gun laws set to fail as Coalition and Greens rule out support

January 15, 2026

Opposition leader says government took ‘a month to deliver this bad bill’ as Labor criticises Liberal ‘hypocrisy’ on proposed hate laws

Labor’s proposed hate speech and gun laws look set to fail in federal parliament without a significant overhaul, after the Coalition and the Greens both ruled out support – prompting angry claims of hypocrisy from Anthony Albanese.

Even as the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) urged the Coalition to push for amendments rather than oppose the bill outright next week, the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, called the prime minister’s plan “pretty unsalvageable” and suggested it did not adequately fight antisemitism or Islamic extremism.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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