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PM Anthony Albanese accuses the Australian Opposition of "playing politics" as they reject crucial hate speech laws, leaving the government’s security agenda in tatters.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused the Opposition Coalition of "playing politics with national security" after they vowed to block his government’s proposed hate speech laws. In a fiery press conference, a stunned Albanese described the move as a betrayal of the victims of the Bondi terror attack.
The bill, designed to criminalize the vilification of religious and ethnic groups, has hit a brick wall. Opposition Deputy Leader Sussan Ley termed the legislation "unsalvageable," arguing it contains loopholes that would allow extremist preachers to hide behind religious texts. "It is a bad bill that makes us less safe," she claimed.
"They demanded action for weeks," Albanese countered. "Now that we put a solution on the table, they walk away. It is rank hypocrisy." The PM is now caught in a pincer movement, with the Greens attacking the bill from the left as a threat to free speech, and the Coalition attacking it from the right as too weak.
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