Senate defeats proposed RDA changes

The Senate has defeated the federal government's proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. After hours of debate, Labor, the Greens and some crossbenchers voted down a bill to introduce widely-criticised amendments to the wording of section 18C of the Act. The outcome also rules-out the addition of a so-called 'reasonable person test' to the legislation.

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis is a leading government advocate for changes to the RDA Source: AAP