Labor’s ‘thought crime’ hate speech laws will turn nation into ‘police state’, Australian Christian Lobby says

Christian Schools Australia also claiming that the harm definition will mean the view sex is unchangeable will be outlawed as hateful'

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The Australian Christian Lobby has claimed Labor's hate speech laws would turn Australia into a police state" by creating thought crime" despite the fact the laws are directed towards threats of force or harm.

The Albanese government has substantially watered down the laws but is nevertheless facing a religious backlash, with the Catholic church and Christian Schools Australia also claiming that the psychological harm definition will mean the view that sex is immutable will be outlawed as hateful".

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