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Sweeping reforms to hate speech laws in wake of Bondi massacre · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamio with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Anthony Alberanzi has conceded he could have
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  Speaker 1: done more to combat anti Semitism. The Prime Minister said
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday, neither he nor his government are perfect and
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  Speaker 1: he regrets not doing more. Before Sunday's terror attack at
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  Speaker 1: Bondai Beach, Albanesi announced sweeping changes to hate speech laws
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  Speaker 1: and immigration legislation on Thursday, after fifteen people were killed
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  Speaker 1: and dozens more were injured when two gunmen targeted a
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  Speaker 1: Jewish event celebrating the first day of Hanuka.
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  Speaker 2: Every Jewish Australian has the right to be proud of
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  Speaker 2: who they are and what they believe, and every Jewish
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  Speaker 2: Australian has the right to feel safe, valued and respected
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  Speaker 2: for the contribution that they make to our great nation.
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  Speaker 2: The terrorists, inspired by ISIS at bondo Beat sought to
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  Speaker 2: turn Australian against each other. Australians have responded to that
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  Speaker 2: act of hatred with love and sympathy for those in mourning.
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  Speaker 2: Australians responded to that act of cowardice and violence with
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  Speaker 2: bravery and with kindness. Is now up to all of
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  Speaker 2: us to honor the courage of those Australians the heroes
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  Speaker 2: of Bondai, in the most meaningful way possible by eliminating
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  Speaker 2: the evil of anti Semitism from our society.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General Michelle Roland and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke
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  Speaker 1: have been tasked with beefing up hate speech laws to
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  Speaker 1: include a provision on vilification, plus Burke will get new
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  Speaker 1: powers to reject or cancel the visas of anyone deemed
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  Speaker 1: to be anti Semitic. The government will also target hate
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  Speaker 1: groups like the terror linked his Boot to Rear organization,
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  Speaker 1: with increased penalties for promoting violence through hate speech and
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  Speaker 1: making it an aggravating factor in sentencing perpetrators of online
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  Speaker 1: threats and her harassment. There'll be a regime for tracking
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  Speaker 1: organizations whose leaders engage in hate speech, and a narrow
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  Speaker 1: federal offense will be developed for serious vilification based on
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  Speaker 1: race and or advocating racial supremacy. The Prime Minister said
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  Speaker 1: he's open to recalling Parliament before the end of January
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  Speaker 1: to legislate the reforms, but flagged it will be a
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  Speaker 1: complex process. New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookie said on Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: the pro Palestine slogan globalized the Intifada is hate speech.
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  Speaker 1: That's as he announced a funding package to cover funeral
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  Speaker 1: and burial costs, as well as international travel for victim's
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  Speaker 1: family members and Jewish leaders said they welcomed the crackdown,
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  Speaker 1: but added the measures to protect Australia's Jewish community from
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  Speaker 1: hatred are long overdue. It comes as mourners gathered in
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  Speaker 1: Sydney's Eastern suburbs to farewell ten year old Matilda, the
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  Speaker 1: youngest victim of Sunday's massacre. Matilda's loved ones carried blue
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  Speaker 1: UNEs covered in bumblebees, a nod to her middle name.
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  Speaker 1: Be Her Ukrainian born parents previously revealed they named her
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  Speaker 1: Matilda because she was the first member of their family
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  Speaker 1: born in Australia and it was the most Australian name
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  Speaker 1: they could think of. She was remembered as a little
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  Speaker 1: ray of sunshine who loved to dance, and the viral
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  Speaker 1: animated movie K Pop Demon Hunters. Her father, Michael, shared
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  Speaker 1: a video of his happy and carefree daughter enjoying the
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  Speaker 1: Bondai Beach Haniker Festival just hours before she was allegedly
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  Speaker 1: shot dead by twenty four year old Navid Akram and
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  Speaker 1: his father, fifty year old Serjird Akram, who died at
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  Speaker 1: the scene after being shot by police. Ten year old
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  Speaker 1: Matilda can be seen with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was
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  Speaker 1: also killed in the massacre. Check out those stories live
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  Speaker 1: right now at the Australian dot com dot au and
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  Speaker 1: come back to the front first thing in the morning
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  Speaker 1: for more on this developing story.