Australia's hate speech laws 2026

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Islamic extremist ISIS gunman shooting Australians at Bondi Beach, with a high-powered, semi-automatic, long-barrel rifle, following on ISIS training, 14 December 2025.

Abstract: On Tuesday, 13 January 2026, the Australian Labor government, under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, released the Combating Anti-semitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. It was to be discussed the following week and made law. Immediately the bill was declared an attack on free speech and a "get out of jail free card" for Islamic extremism as seen in the Bondi Beach massacre of 14 December 2026. The present writer supports these criticisms of the Bill.

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The Combating Anti-semitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 will not achieve the primary aim for which it was created, namely to deal with the Islamic extremism seen at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2026 when innocent Australians were gunned down by a father and son trained by the Islamic extremist jihadist group ISIS (Islamic State). Instead, the resultant law will attack free speech in Australia more generally, and specifically exempt hate speech arising out of Islamic texts such as the Koran / Qur'an.

Directly quoting from a religious text for the purpose of teaching or discussion may provide a defence under the federal government's hate speech laws proposed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. (Armstrong and Maani Truu 2026)

Many Australians would question why Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party would feel the need to protect Islam in this manner, when its ideology instills fear amongst both Muslims and non-Muslims, and its primary text, the Qur'an, specifically preaches hate towards any person who is not a Muslim. It also preaches hate towards fellow Muslims who do not adhere in total to its ideology. The extreme negative reaction to the bill by many Australians can be seen in the following video from The Story Box presenter, posted a day after the Bill was made public.

Anthony Albanese The Useful Idiot of ISLAM Declares WAR On Free Australians!, The Story Box, 14 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 29.26 minutes.

The Bill will introduce a new federal offence making it illegal to publicly promote or incite racial hatred where the conduct would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated, harassed or fear violence. It will do this whilst specifically exempting the Qur'an, which lies at the heart of the action of the Bondi Beach terrorists.

Page from the Bill, presenting a defence for hate speech.

The Qur'an instills fear merely in its reading. The present writer can attest to that, having read the text as of writing. It clearly promotes hatred, and that hatred is passed on to children at their youngest age, as seen in the following images from 2016 and 2019 (Choi 2016, IDF 2019).

The Bill is confusing and vague, and therefore open to abuse going forward. It is focused on race (physical and genetic traits) and ethnicity (cultural identity and heritage, background). Yet Islam, for example, is multiracial and multicultural. Apparently only the Jewish race is specifically protected, and all other races are not. It does not require proof that hatred was generated or that anyone actually felt fear, only that the conduct would cause a reasonable person to be intimidated, to fear harassment or violence, or to fear for their safety. Who will make such a determination? The Qur'an and related Islamic documents such as the Hadith by their very nature generate fear and promotes the carrying out of acts based upon fear, such as the Bondi Beach massacre. Any group can be listed as a hate group. Would Islamic organisations in Australia be listed as hate groups, especially when they are well-known exponents of anti-semitism? The answer is NO!

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Anthony Albanese The Useful Idiot of ISLAM Declares WAR On Free Australians!, The Story Box, 14 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 29.26 minutes.

Armstrong, Clare and Maani Truu, Details of Labor's new hate speech and gun laws revealed, ABC News Australia, 13 January 2026.

Choi, David, An inside look at a terrorist group's summer camp for kids, Business Insider, 4 August 2016.

Combating Anti-semitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026, Attorney General's Department, Parliament of Australia, Canberra, 12 January 2026, 500p.

Israel Defence Forces, Gaza Kindergarten Graduation Performance, X.com, 5 May 2019.

Wikipedia, Islamic State, Wikipedia, accessed 16 January 2026.

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Islam | Ashin Wirathu - Buddhist Monk | Battle of Broken Hill 1915 | Charles III and Islam | Hate speech laws 2006 | Ilhan Omar | Justine Damon killing | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Brotherhood in Australia | Politics | Qur'an quotes | Rational fear of Islam | References |

Last updated: 16 January 2026

Michael Organ, Australia

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