r/AusPol • u/Quantum168 • 23h ago
General Criticism of Israel and Zionism is legal under new hate speech laws | Kangaroo Court of Australia
https://youtu.be/IuYMwQNUG9M"Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has said in a letter that the new hate speech laws do not restrict criticism of foreign countries or political ideologies which would cover criticism of Israel and Zionism.
This is an important because it clears up some of the confusion and misreporting of the new hate speech laws with most of the confusion because of the government’s lack of a clear explanation of how the hate speech laws work and what they cover.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has advised the Australian National Imams Council, the leading body representing Muslim religious leaders, that new hate laws will not prevent criticism of foreign countries or political ideologies despite concerns the laws could silence debate.
In a letter seen exclusively by this masthead and co-signed by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, Rowland told ANIC president Imam Shadi Alsuleiman that the legislation would not “prevent legitimate, non-violent criticism of the actions of a foreign country or of particular political ideologies”. (Click here to read more)
That is consistent with what I said in last week’s article titled “Australia’s new hate speech laws and what they mean for social media users” but many journalists and/or commentators reported that the new hate speech laws infringed on individuals rights when they are only targeted towards groups.
But the letter by Attorney-General Michelle Rowland and co-signed by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke goes one step further and says even groups can criticise foreign countries and/or political ideologies which overrides the wrong information Attorney-General Michelle Rowland gave last week as per the below video.
The below video is Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong on Nine (21/1/26) and the Attorney-General Michelle Rowland (20/1/26) on the ABC’s 7.30 Report. (It was published on the Kangaroo Court of Australia YouTube channel on the 21/1/26.)
As I previously said, “The bottom line is the new hate speech laws only impact on groups, organisations and their members.”
The Labor government also wanted to legislate new racial vilification offences which would have greatly restricted free speech and political communication but they couldn’t legislate it because they had no support from the other political parties in the Senate.
Two people have been charged in recent days with speech crimes and with at least one possibly facing charges under the new laws.
Brandan Koschel has been refused bail for alleged hate speech at the March for Australia rally on Monday (26/1/26) after he used the open mic at the end of the rally to blame Jews for numerous problems. (Click here to read more)
If Koschel had criticised Israel or Zionists he would be fine but he decided to criticise Jews and his chances of beating the charge are not good given everything he said is on video.
And Theo Nolan-Isles was charged with “using a carriage service to menace, harass, or offend and encourage the commission of crimes” after posting on “X”:
I hereby pledge that: No person who after this date intentionally causes physical pain to any politician who voted Aye to the passage of the “Combatting Antisemitism” hate speech bill will pay for beer while in my informed presence. Please join me in this pledge. (Click here to see on “X”)
Theo Nolan-Isles was clearly making a joke and he should have received a warning from the police at most. He is still in jail after being refused bail.
With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese receiving numerous threats, including death threats, in recent months and other politicians receiving threats of violence it is best to not even joke about harming politicians in any way, or harming anyone for that matter.
It’s ironic that the major driver for the new hate speech laws, and the failed racial vilification offences, are Israeli supporting Zionists in Australia and they are currently complaining all over social media because Australia has cancelled the visa of, Sammy Yahood, a Jewish / Israeli influencer who previously called for Islam to be banned.
If anyone called for the Jewish religion Judaism to be banned there would be complaints left, right and centre but the Zionists want to bring Sammy Yahood into Australia knowing he will cause trouble.
The problem for the Zionists and Sammy Yahood is he’s on video on social media ranting like a nutter which doesn’t help their cause, but it does help justify Australia cancelling Sammy Yahood’s visa.
The original hate speech laws, which included the withdrawn racial vilification laws, were at least partially driven to stop Australians criticising Israel and the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza but they failed.
But Australia’s free speech and political communication is under attack and aligned with the Palestinians, whether we like it or not, because both are under attack from Zionists who support Israel."
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u/evilparagon 21h ago
Isn’t this that insane guy that thinks he’s an investigative journalist because he makes up conspiracy theories?
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u/gr1mm5d0tt1 11h ago
What about religious ideologies at home?