WEBVTT - Leeser unleashes as PM announces hate speech law reforms

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi introduced a suite

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<v Speaker 1>of reforms designed to crack down on hate speech following

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<v Speaker 1>a meeting of the National Cabinet on Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>A summary of the legacy of measures that will be

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<v Speaker 2>considered creating an aggravated offense for hate preaching advocating violence

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<v Speaker 2>against protected groups, increasing penalties for existing offenses for hate speech,

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<v Speaker 2>advocating violence or property destruction against protected groups, making hate

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<v Speaker 2>motivation a factor in sentencing for com Wealth crimes, with

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<v Speaker 2>options to limit this to online threat and harassment crimes

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<v Speaker 2>as announced, to expand to all common Wealth crimes if

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<v Speaker 2>required if required. We want to list prohibited hate organizations

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<v Speaker 2>to make it a criminal offense to join, recruit or

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<v Speaker 2>support an organization listed by the Home Affairs Minister and

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<v Speaker 2>the Attorney General. Racial vilification and promoting racial supremacy offense.

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<v Speaker 2>We want the power to cancel visas where the Home

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<v Speaker 2>Affairs Minister suspects a person as engaged in vilification, hate speech,

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<v Speaker 2>promoting violence, displaying hate symbols, or associating with a terrorist

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<v Speaker 2>organization or prohibited hate group. We're looking at changes to

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<v Speaker 2>hate symbols offenses as well, and also looking at changes

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<v Speaker 2>to the Customs Act to ban importing extremist material or

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<v Speaker 2>hate symbols.

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<v Speaker 1>The Prime Minister said the new laws would be drafted

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<v Speaker 1>as soon as possible, but flagged the government will engage

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<v Speaker 1>in a period of community consultation. Albanesi again resisted calls

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<v Speaker 1>to establish a federal Royal commission into the rise in

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<v Speaker 1>anti Semitism, the precipitated last Sunday's terror attack at Bondi Beach.

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<v Speaker 2>We want urgency and unity, not division and delay. We

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<v Speaker 2>have commenced already the Richardson Review. The New South Wales

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<v Speaker 2>government have announced a Royal Commissioner and the federal government

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<v Speaker 2>will cooperate fully with that.

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<v Speaker 1>In a response to a question by The Australian's Canberra

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<v Speaker 1>Bureau chief Richard Ferguson, the Prime Minister said he takes

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility for the deadly attack where two government allegedly motivated

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<v Speaker 1>by extremist ideology allegedly opened fire on a Haneker event

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<v Speaker 1>at Bondi Beach.

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<v Speaker 3>Prime Minister, you said that you're sorry for the Jewish

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<v Speaker 3>community's experience the Foreign Minister. Today, Alster said she was

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<v Speaker 3>sorry for how people experienced her actions when it came

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<v Speaker 3>to hers to Israel. I have no doubt that you're

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<v Speaker 3>sorry for their experiences. But are you sorry for the

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<v Speaker 3>mistakes your government has meet in handling the anti Semitism crisis?

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<v Speaker 2>So wait take responsibility for everything that occurs on our watch.

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<v Speaker 2>We have taken a range of actions. We are taking

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<v Speaker 2>further actions, some of which we have announced today.

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<v Speaker 1>In a fiery address earlier on Monday, Jewish Liberal MP

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<v Speaker 1>Julian Lisa slammed the Prime Minister's reluctance to establish a

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Royal Commission.

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<v Speaker 4>The so called Prime Minister of this country, Anthony Albanezi,

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<v Speaker 4>who never misses an opportunity, to miss an opportunity. The

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<v Speaker 4>Jewish community of this country cannot survive on the crumbs

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<v Speaker 4>of this government and this appalling prime Minister, who is

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<v Speaker 4>always late to the party and who wants the Jewish

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<v Speaker 4>community of this country to live in his half measures.

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<v Speaker 4>For two years, We've been fighting his half measures for

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<v Speaker 4>two years. We've put forward proposals in the Parliament to

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<v Speaker 4>improve the security of Australians and he's voted consistently against them.

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<v Speaker 4>He's dragged his feet, he's claimed credit for them that

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<v Speaker 4>were not his idea or that he did, having been dragged,

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<v Speaker 4>kicking and screaming, and the community is sick and tired

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<v Speaker 4>of it. I don't want to see the memories of

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<v Speaker 4>the fifteen Australians who died last Sunday. I don't want

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<v Speaker 4>to see their memories being desecrated by this half measured

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<v Speaker 4>departmental review that is proposed by this Prime Minister. We

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<v Speaker 4>need nothing short of a Royal commission now.

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa lashed the Prime Minister's decision instead to order a

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<v Speaker 1>departmental review of Australia's intelligence capabilities.

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<v Speaker 4>We can't have a situation for one more day in

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<v Speaker 4>this country where the Jewish community, where any Australian is

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<v Speaker 4>forced to live in the half measures and the delayed

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<v Speaker 4>action and the talking out of both sides of their

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<v Speaker 4>mouth that this Prime Minister has given us repeatedly for

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<v Speaker 4>two years, Late to act on the dosing, late to

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<v Speaker 4>act on the banning of Nazi symbols and salutes, done

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<v Speaker 4>nothing about the antisemitism that is rampant on our campuses,

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<v Speaker 4>still even now, does nothing about the due hatred that

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<v Speaker 4>is everywhere in the arts and cultural sector, and rather

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<v Speaker 4>than looking at the root causes of what caused those

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<v Speaker 4>government to pick up those weapons in the first place,

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<v Speaker 4>that only a Royal commission will get to, he calls

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<v Speaker 4>for another departmental review. This is the most shameful act

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<v Speaker 4>in the history of our nation. Australia stands humiliated by

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<v Speaker 4>the failure of leadership of this man, by the failure

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<v Speaker 4>of leadership which has led to the extraordinary deaths in

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<v Speaker 4>a terrorist act on the shores of Bondai in this

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<v Speaker 4>great city of ours.

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<v Speaker 1>The Member for Barrara in Northern Sydney urged the PM

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<v Speaker 1>to recall parliament as a matter of urgency.

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<v Speaker 4>We demand the Prime Minister bring the Parliament back today

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<v Speaker 4>to do what Chris Mins is doing, to listen to

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<v Speaker 4>Susan Lee, to extend the hand of bipartisanship, and for

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<v Speaker 4>once in his life, to take the real action that

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<v Speaker 4>is needed to defeat the anti Semitism that we are

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<v Speaker 4>seeing and we have seen in this country for far

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<v Speaker 4>too long.

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Opposition leader Susan Lee has offered to sit down

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<v Speaker 1>with Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi before Christmas to discuss the

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<v Speaker 1>terms of reference for a Federal Royal commission. The Liberal

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<v Speaker 1>leader also urged the PM to recall the Federal Parliament

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<v Speaker 1>to pass a suite of new legislation designed to combat

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<v Speaker 1>extremist attacks.

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<v Speaker 5>Prime Minister, the time for words really is finished. We

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<v Speaker 5>have work to do. In order to honor the Dad.

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<v Speaker 5>We must confront uncomfortable truths, hard truths. That's what this

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<v Speaker 5>Commonwealth Royal Commission is about.

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<v Speaker 1>New South Wales Premier Chris Mins convened the state's parliament

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<v Speaker 1>in an extraordinary two day sitting period to rush through

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<v Speaker 1>sweeping changes to gun licensing, hate speech and protest laws.

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<v Speaker 1>There were rumblings on Monday the state opposition and some

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<v Speaker 1>crossbenches would oppose the changes, but the Premiere has defended

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<v Speaker 1>the changes, saying new legislation is necessary to prevent another tragedy.

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<v Speaker 6>In those circumstances, I do believe it leads to a

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<v Speaker 6>culture and environment of heightened disunity and an invitation to violence.

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<v Speaker 6>And ultimately I know that these changes are going to

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<v Speaker 6>be met with opposition, but I strongly believe that we

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<v Speaker 6>have to do everything we can to ensure that words

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<v Speaker 6>that are said at a rally are not used by

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<v Speaker 6>somebody at a later point for violent retribution on Sydney's trees.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Minn said a new South Wales Royal commission into

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<v Speaker 1>the Bondai Beach massacre would encompass federal agencies like ASIO

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<v Speaker 1>and the Australian Federal Police.

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<v Speaker 6>We need a comprehensive investigation. We need to understand the

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<v Speaker 6>relationship between our agencies and the Commonwealth, what these two

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<v Speaker 6>individuals were doing overseas, what information was collected prior to

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<v Speaker 6>these terrible crimes, and needs to include the kindling the

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<v Speaker 6>fire that spread that saw so many people being killed.

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<v Speaker 6>It clearly needs to examine closely the inputs that led

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<v Speaker 6>to this anti Semitic active hate.

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<v Speaker 1>In Victoria, Premier Justinta Allen announced her government will crack

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<v Speaker 1>down on hate speech and conduct a review of the

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<v Speaker 1>state's gun laws. Victorian police will be given special powers

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<v Speaker 1>to disrupt protests under the changes, and new laws will

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<v Speaker 1>empower authorities to identify quote cowards who anonymously post anti

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<v Speaker 1>Semitic abuse online.

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<v Speaker 7>We won't ever tackle this with a series of short

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<v Speaker 7>term actions. We need a long term commitment and we

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<v Speaker 7>as a government under we need to be held accountable

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<v Speaker 7>to it. We want long term goals that are up

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<v Speaker 7>in lights for everyone to see and for everyone in

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<v Speaker 7>Victoria too to embrace and to work on together, jew

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<v Speaker 7>and non jew alike.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousands of bouquets and tributes laid by mourners in the

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<v Speaker 1>wake of last Sunday's massacre were cleared away from the

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<v Speaker 1>Bondai Pavilion forecourt on Monday morning. A Waverley Council spokesperson

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<v Speaker 1>said the council will work with the Jewish community on

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<v Speaker 1>plans for a permanent memorial. Check out those stories live

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<v Speaker 1>right now at the Australian dot com dot au and

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<v Speaker 1>come back to the front first thing in the morning.