Anti-racist laws
NZPA-Reuter Sydney Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, may impose heavy fines and jail terms for racial insults in new laws proposed, state officials said. They released details of the proposals which also provide for compensation to be paid to victims of racial abuse. “The more important role of the bill will be to change attitudes. Everyone must realise that racial insults and threats of racial violence are just not acceptable in our
community,” the state Premier, Nick Greiner, said. He said public submissions would be considered before the bill, the first of its kind in Australia, was presented to Parliament early next year. In a recent televised debate white Australians and Asian migrants waved fists and traded insults, and public opinion polls have shown that most Australians want a slowdown in Asian immigration because of fears that the country’s social order could be disrupted.
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