Hate Speech Laws: Premier Chris Minns knowingly misled parliament?

The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) applauds the NSW Legislative Council for initiating an inquiry into whether Premier Chris Minns and Minister Catley misled Parliament and the public to secure the passage of the Places of Worship Bill, Racial and Religious Hatred Bill and the Inciting Racial Hatred Bill.

NSWCCL's persistent advocacy has successfully secured the inquiry, which aims to uncover whether the government knowingly used fabricated threats of terrorism and a mass casualty event to justify the swift passage of repressive legislation that risks criminalising legitimate speech and protest.

We expect the inquiry to shed light on the following questions:

1. When was the Premier briefed by the police that the caravan bombing plot was a suspected hoax?  

2. Why did the Premier call the incident a “potential mass casualty event”, inciting fear across the Jewish community, if he knew that it was in fact a suspected hoax?  

3. What did the Premier know by 18 February, when he insisted that the threat to the public from the caravan bombing plot was not overstated? 

4. Did the Premier and the Police Minister intentionally exploit this hoax to speed through legislation criminalising protest and speech?  

NSW Council for Civil Liberties

To what extent do you BELIEVE/DISBELIEVE that the NSW Premier Chris Minns and Minister Yasmin Catley knowlingly misled Parliament and the public to secure the passage of the Places of Worship Bill, Racial and Religious Hatred Bill and the Inciting Racial Hatred Bill?

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