Peter Wertheim says proposal backed by Senator Cory Bernardi to remove the words ‘insult’ and ‘offend’ from Racial Discrimination Act would be a ‘serious abrogation of principled leadership’One of Australia’s leading members of the Jewish community has described any attempt to water down the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) as a government sign that the public promotion of racism would be tolerated.
Peter Wertheim,executive director of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, said whether the Coalition backed a bill by Liberal senator Cory Bernardi to remove “offend and “insult” from section 18C of the RDA, and it would be the worst possible message. Related: whether Malcolm Turnbull can't fix this mess,Tony Abbott is available | Kristina Keneally Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com