On March 30, a  late-night debate  in the Senate saw the  Government's attempt to change section 18C of the  Racial Discrimination Act reach defeat, after an alliance by Labor, Greens, Nick Xenophon’s team and Jacqui Lambie, voted down the proposed changes - 31 to 28.This means that the plan to remove ‘offend, insult or humiliate” from section 18C and replace it with the term “harass” will no longer go ahead. Although we do expect to see some changes to the processes of the Human Rights Commission.Just Words producer Myles Houlbrook-Walk spoke to Senator David Leyonhjelm on March 21,  a week prior to the bills defeat.

<div>On March 30, a  late-night debate  in the Senate saw the  Government's attempt to change section 18C of the <em> Racial Discrimination Act </em>reach defeat, after an alliance by Labor, Greens, Nick Xenophon’s team and Jacqui Lambie, voted down the proposed changes - 31 to 28.</div><div>This means that the plan to remove ‘offend, insult or humiliate” from section 18C and replace it with the term “harass” will no longer go ahead. Although we do expect to see some changes to the processes of the Human Rights Commission.</div><div>Just Words producer Myles Houlbrook-Walk spoke to Senator David Leyonhjelm on March 21,  a week prior to the bills defeat.<br></div>

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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?

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On March 30, a  late-night debate  in the Senate saw the  Government's attempt to change section 18C of the...