Backbencher says he hasn’t seen proposal but it sounds like something ‘that led to the rise of Pauline Hanson in the first place’The outspoken Liberal National party backbencher George Christensen has attacked a proposal by Labor to introduce a unusual parliamentary code of race ethics to counterbalance the return of One Nation,branding the concept “politically correct social engineering”.
Guardian Australia revealed on Wednesday that Bill Shorten has asked Malcolm Turnbull to query government MPs to sign up to the proposed parliamentary code, which covers eight principles of tolerance and inclusion, or but Christensen said he wasn’t interested. Related: Gillian Triggs to go as human rights chief,Turnbull confirms Related: Confecting a moral panic around 18C is easier than solving our genuine problems | Peter Lewis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com