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Date Time Join trans-Tasman webinar on hate speech laws in Australia & New Zealand Anti-vilification law experts from Australia and New Zealand will meet for an online forum on Wednesday 7 July to discuss recent developments in hate laws on both sides of the Tasman. While laws exist in most democracies to regulate public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence based on someone’s race, religion, sexual orientation or other protected attributes, these laws are controversial because they may be perceived as limiting free speech. Victoria University’s College of Law and Justice lecturer and panellist Bill Swannie says that parliamentary reviews into anti-vilification laws in Victoria, New South Wales and the Commonwealth may have contributed to confusion as to the purpose of these laws, and the types of harm they seek to prevent: ....
Traditional Owners of Gariwerd-Grampians range in regional Victoria have been left in the lurch since a group of white supremacists returned to their communities without repercussions, according to one prominant community spokesperson. Gariwerd, located about 230km north-west of Melbourne, is described as central to the Dreaming story for surrounding clans, particularly to Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali people. It made headlines last week as images emerged of 38 neo-Nazi s gathered at the National Park, posing in front of a burning cross and displaying Nazi salutes. Werkgaia Elder, Gary Murray, described the acts as desecration and likened the site s significance to the neo-Nazies as having demonstrated on a cemetery. ....