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Senate defeats changes to Racial Discrimination Act
The Senate has defeated proposed changes to the language of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act in a late-night session. The Government’s proposal had been to alter the language constituting what could be considered an race-based offence, replacing the uses of the words “insult”, “offend” and “humiliate” with the term “harass”. The move has…