Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for her second supplementary question. As the senator has said, the Australian Labor Party is proud of our record of introducing and defending the Racial Discrimination Act. Unfortunately, there are still some people in our society who want the right to discriminate enshrined in our laws and who call for the repeal of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. To remind senators who are not aware of these provisions, section 18C makes it unlawful to 'offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person' because of 'the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person'. The Australian Labor Party has always understood and defended the importance of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.