Brandis cracks down further on hate speech

The federal government wants to make it a crime to advocate genocide as part of new counter-terrorism laws to go to parliament.

Attorney-General George Brandis believes the legality of Australian air strikes in Syria is sound. (AAP)

The Abbott government plans to make advocating genocide a crime in a further crackdown on hate speech.

The changes will be included in the next tranche of counter-terrorism legislation, to be put to parliament later in 2015, Attorney-General George Brandis writes in The Daily Telegraph on Friday.

Senator Brandis indicates the crackdown is aimed particularly at radical Islamic groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, which he says are threatening the liberty of Australians.