On March 21, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a potential watering down of the controversial Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
Under the proposal the words “offend, insult, humiliate” will be replaced by “harass”.
The reforms were debated in the Senate on Tuesday, but little attention has been given to proposed procedural changes to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which will not only apply to 18C complaints but all complaints of discrimination handled by the Commission, including, sex, age, disability and race.Experts say this could make it more difficult for vulnerable members of the community to make complaints of vilification and discrimination.Just Words  host Nic Healey spoke to  Luke McNamara, Professor of Law from the University of New South Wales about the proposed 18C reforms and what they could really mean.
Just Words Podcast Extra produced by Emma Lancaster

<div>On March 21, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a potential watering down of the controversial Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.<br></div><div>Under the proposal the words “offend, insult, humiliate” will be replaced by “harass”.<br></div><div>The reforms were debated in the Senate on Tuesday, but little attention has been given to proposed procedural changes to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which will not only apply to 18C complaints but all complaints of discrimination handled by the Commission, including, sex, age, disability and race.</div><div>Experts say this could make it more difficult for vulnerable members of the community to make complaints of vilification and discrimination.</div><div>Just Words  host Nic Healey spoke to  Luke McNamara, Professor of Law from the University of New South Wales about the proposed 18C reforms and what they could really mean.</div><div><br></div><div>Just Words Podcast Extra produced by Emma Lancaster</div>

Just Words is an investigative series by 2SER 107.3FM,  where we go behind the hype and headlines of our race laws and get the true stories from those who have used the Racial Discrimination Act and those that have had it used against them.  

Section 18C is the part of the Racial Discrimination Act that makes it illegal to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate someone because of their race. So will removing 18C  really give people the right to be bigots?

An original 2SER podcast launches Monday 27th February 2017. The seven part series is hosted by Nic Healey. New episodes are released each week.

Just Words

On March 21, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a potential watering down of the controversial Section 18C of the Racial...