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Labor agrees to mandatory sentencing for hate crimes

Published 6 February 2025, 8:05 am
The government has bowed to opposition demands to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for certain terror and hate crimes. The concession, granting Labor the numbers to push through strengthened anti-vilification legislation, is at odds with past policy.
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