The Federation of Ethnic Communites' Councils of Australia, FECCA, says the Act provides important protections against racially motivated attacks, including hate speech.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the government has no plans to change Section 18C.
His comments come after Liberal backbencher Cory Bernardi introduced a private bill to amend race-hate speech laws in the Senate, to remove the words "insult" and "offend" from the Act.
FECCA's Eugenia Grammatikakis says the council opposes any attempts to change the wording of the Racial Discrimination Act.
She's speaking here to Greg Dyett.
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