A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into banning phrases including “globalise the intifada” will not hold any public hearings and has a matter of days to receive submissions before it produces its final report.
The NSW opposition has expressed concern that the Labor-controlled inquiry, established to investigate the banning of “hateful statements” after the deadly Bondi attack, was being rushed through, limiting the ability of communities to consult on legislative changes.
The opposition leader, Kellie Sloane, said the committee on measures to prohibit slogans that incite hatred had been “rushed over the holiday season, with no notice, no public hearings and an impossibly short deadline”.
“If the government is serious about tackling hate speech and antisemitism in our community th
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