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Australian chapter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has no plans to disband before Labor’s hate speech laws (www.theguardian.com)
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Hizb ut-Tahrir was founded in Jordan in 1953. Its official aim is to re-establish the Islamic caliphate and impose sharia law worldwide.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Has anyone else read the legislated changes? They are shocking and apply so very broadly that simply criticising groups that fund politicians as an example would likely end up as criminal hate speech

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Where can I read it?

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 15 hours ago

Seems to also make visiting websites like wikipedia's gunpowder page illegal with absolute liability - i.e. has no legal defence