A deal on new hate speech laws is increasingly likely after Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet agreed to work with Labor to pass the legislation in a special parliamentary sitting in response to the Bondi beach massacre.
The opposition leader met the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, on Monday to discuss a compromise after MPs returned to Canberra to mark the 14 December terrorist attack.
The negotiations came after Albanese’s decision to split his draft laws amid widespread opposition, shelving a contentious anti-racial vilification provision and carving
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