Overview
- The Greens said they will oppose the hate‑speech, vilification, migration and group‑listing elements but will support the separate firearms package.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the legislative program has been split and that racial vilification offences have been taken out of the surviving hate‑crimes bill.
- Without Greens backing, the speech measures cannot pass the Senate, and the Coalition has labeled the original package "unsalvageable."
- Legal experts, faith leaders and civil‑liberties groups criticized the rushed process and breadth of the draft, warning of risks to free expression and religious practice.
- Parliament meets in an emergency sitting next week with a condolence motion Monday and debates on Tuesday, as the government presses the Coalition to state its position on the pared‑back agenda and advances a national gun buyback.