George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Any attorney worthy of the name defends the rights of all Australians under the law. Senator Singh, what sort of anti-racism statute omits reference to racial harassment? And yet the Racial Discrimination Act by section 18C fails to do that. So what we are doing is we are strengthening the Racial Discrimination Act while at the same time removing from it its anti-free-speech provisions.