politics

The United Nations committee has determined Australia breached its international legal obligations by allegedly exposing an asylum seeker from Iran to torture in immigration detention. Source link

The former owner of the Whyalla steelworks, Sanjeev Gupta’s OneSteel Manufacturing, owed $18.5 million in royalties when it was forced into administration last year, the ABC can reveal. Source link

Parliament will return early next week to debate new hate speech laws. But what exactly does the legislation include? Source link

More than 4.7 million Australian social media accounts have been deactivated since laws banning children aged under 16 took effect in December, according to data released by the government. Source link

The Greens have thrown up a roadblock for Labor by declaring it will not support the government’s sweeping changes to hate and gun laws without amendments as the Coalition also backs away from the reforms.  Source link

WA Police charge a 19-year-old man after he allegedly uses social media to send messages, threatening to kill Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns. Source link

Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers’ remorse. Source link

Controversial group Hizb ut-Tahrir says the government “cannot ban” its ideas, despite its members facing the threat of jail under proposed hate speech laws to go before parliament. Source link

Liberals are backing away from a push to tackle antisemitism with stronger racial hatred laws, with some senior figures in the party also voicing freedom of speech concerns. Source link

Representatives of the Jewish community and Australian National Imams Council front a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor’s legislative response to the Bondi terror attack. Source link