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Deal ‘really close’, says Burke

The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, who under the new legislation would be given the power to list hate groups, as well has cancel or deny visas on broader character grounds, says the laws will not be “as strong as what the government want them to be”, but says his party is close to doing a deal with the Coalition. He tells Sky News:

I think we’re really close. I mean, effectively, the laws won’t be as strong as what the government want them to be, and that’s that’s been public for a while. But importantly, this will still involve the strongest hate speech laws that Australia’s ever had.

We’ve got to deal with the parliament that we have, and I can’t see a pathway in the current parliament.

It was certainty what I took from that conversation …

I do think it’s important that the parliament comes together and passes some legislation today, but honestly, there is a long road to keep the Jewish community safe, to bring our country together, and repair what we have lost.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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