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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 6 points 9 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 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Where can I read it?

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

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