Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been offered a way forward on potential changes to racial discrimination laws based on what the average person thinks.
A proposal to reform section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act includes a "reasonable person" test, meaning people would have to prove any so-called offensive behaviour breached the standards of ordinary Australians.
"It is a win-win situation. It would act to eliminate frivolous action but also protect Australians from vicious racial vilification," Liberal MP and International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells wrote in The Australian on Tuesday.
Labor frontbencher Matt Thistlethwaite said the opposition does not see the need to change 18C.
"I believe that it works well. I believe that it serves a purpose of generating racial harmony, promoting diversity and multiculturalism in our community," he told Sky News.
