George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I have seen Mr O'Farrell's comments this morning and I must say I thought Mr O'Farrell's comments were a very measured contribution to this debate. I agree with them. I particularly agree with what Mr O'Farrell said when he said:

Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There is no place for inciting hatreds within our Australian society.

Everybody on this side of the chamber and I am sure everybody on the other side of the chamber agrees with those sentiments. That is why, as part of our reforms to the Racial Discrimination Act, we intend to include for the very—