Section 18C: Cabinet to change Racial Discrimination Act wording to 'harass'

Section 18C: Cabinet to change Racial Discrimination Act wording to 'harass'

Section 18C: Cabinet to change Racial Discrimination Act wording to 'harass' Source: SBS

The Coalition party room has backed substantial changes to the Racial Discrimination Act that retain the offence of "intimidate" on the basis of race, but replace the words "insult", "offend" and "humiliate" with "harass".



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