The Turnbull government has given the green light to a parliamentary inquiry to help determine whether race hate laws should be watered down.
Government MPs have used a coalition party room meeting to warn their colleagues to make sure the government's intentions are not misunderstood in marginal seats that are home to large multicultural communities.
The inquiry will look into whether changes need to be made to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, which makes it an offence to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or group on the basis of race or ethnicity.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned his colleagues the issue should be discussed with great respect for the views of others.
During question time in parliament he said: "We need to make sure that our laws get the balance right between defending the strength of our multicultural society and the mutual respect on which it depends."
Korean Program analyses the reactions by the media to the voice for the change to the Act.
