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Labor has blasted Malcolm Turnbull for saying his position on the racial discrimination law “depends” on what changes are being proposed, and the party says it contradicts earlier assurances that changes are off the table.
On 3AW radio on Friday, Turnbull said changes to laws prohibiting insulting or offending people based on race were “not a priority” for the government.
The prime minister said his position on the Racial Discrimination Act “depends [on] how you amend it”, implying he might be open to such changes, provided prohibitions on humiliating and intimidating others were retained.
The statement on 3AW radio on Friday came after a report that Turnbull expressed “general support” of the Family First senator Bob Day’s push to amend section 18C of the act.
Day confirmed to Guardian Australia that Turnbull, after becoming prime minister in September, had expressed general support for the senator’s attempt to remove from the law prohibitions on offending or insulting others.
- By Gus Leonisky at 19 Aug 2016 - 6:40pm
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Government is considering the option of a special banking tribunal as a way for victims to seek justice.
NSW Nationals senator John Williams and North Queensland LNP MP Warren Entsch are pushing for a tribunal for people who cannot afford to take action through the courts.
Senator Williams continues to call for a royal commission but earlier this week said the tribunal would be a way for people to "seek justice in a situation where they do not have any money".
Speaking to Melbourne radio station 3AW on Friday, Mr Turnbull again dismissed the notion of a royal commission but left the door open to a tribunal.
"The Government is certainly looking at that," he said.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-19/banking-tribunal-considered-by-government-turnbull-says/7765854
A ROYAL COMMISSION SHOULD BE THE GO... But Malcolm is afraid of the banks...