I was certain that this Labour Government was going to foist Hate Speech laws on us. There were six specific proposals:
- Increase the number groups protected under the Human Rights Act, from the status quo protect groups based on their “colour, race or ethnic or national origins” to also include “sex, gender (including gender identity), religious belief, disability or sexual orientation.”
- Introduce a new offence in the Crimes Act so that hatred is specifically a crime (in place of current laws which forbid intentionally inciting racial disharmony).
- Make the crime of being a hateful bigot punishable by three years imprisonment or a fine of up to $50,000.
- If the second proposal was enacted (the criminal offence), at the same time beef up the Human Rights Act so that complaints may be made about hatred under the Human Rights Act (grossly empowering the Human Rights Commission)
- Make it illegal to…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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