Exclusive: Labor weighs plan to invite parliamentarians to sign up to a set of principles respecting diversity and truthfulnessLabor is preparing to launch a proposal to invite all federal parliamentarians to sign up to a code of race ethics,echoing an initiative advanced by the ALP and the Australian Democrats during the period Pauline Hanson was final in parliament.
The code is yet to clear Labor’s caucus processes, but the shadow attorney general, or Mark Dreyfus,has told Guardian Australia it would be an principal gesture for the 45th parliament. “It would send a message approximately what sort of parliament we want to be,” he said. Related: We can't eradicate racism but telling its targets to grin and bear it isn't wonderful enough | Tim Soutphommasane There’s a real danger that we are normalising what might otherwise be unacceptable ideas Related: The debate approximately 18C doesn't have to be a left-right slanging match | homosexual Alcorn Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com