NSW parliamentary inquiry into hate slogans over Christmas-New Year invites public submissions by January 12

“Repeated hate slogans can make a person hateful and take the issue one step further to violence,” Atalla said. “There is no place for hate slogans in Australia.”

The terms of reference specifically call for the committee to consider the threat to social integrity posed by the phrase “globalizing the intifada” and other similar phrases, how to prevent the use of phrases that incite hatred, and the constitutionality of any ban.

Smith, the member for Ballina and the Greens MP on the committee, said the short period of time to consider such complex constitutional issues was highly unusual.

“I have never seen such condensed timelines in this committee; for example, our committee inquiry into community safety in regional and rural communities has been running for two years,” he said.

The government continues to work on the report into existing NSW hate speech laws, which was submitted to the attorney general in November. Last month reporter It found that only two charges came from a controversial new law against public incitement of racial hatred, and at least one of those charges was dropped by prosecutors.

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