Canada is calling you home.

We need a test case. Surely some bleeding-heart leftie can be found to testify that he or she is offended by the very existence of Tony Abbott, and that under section 18c our PM should therefore be eradicated by the force of law?

No Jon that would not do. It is a racist law and the offender has to
have a different race to the offended, or at least claim to have a
different race.

My understanding is that it only applies to matters of race.
I can offend you by calling you a ding-a-ling but that is not racist
so you cannot use 18c because other legislation as far as I know do not
have similar clauses.

That was where Bolt got into trouble, he was discussing the complainant's
antecedents and got one of them wrong and was discussing percentages,
and the ability to claim aboriginal privileges.

Now that because of the court precedence you cannot safely discuss such things.

when u have let so many in the country who hate freedom and have numerous Government paid jobs to confirm victimhood then free speach is bound to be 'restricted' . How true the ex Muslims in Victoria were to speak the truth about Islam only to be charged by denialist and Christophobes. How shameful we now have so little guts from those who can see how this pc rubbish is destroying us. Strange dynamics as the feminist shut their mouth when mono culturalism is at stake, catholic haters are silent with epidemic child abuse in Indigeneous communities, conservatives blab the idiotic mantra about the 'religion of peace', 'progressives'ignore the fact that muslims on the whole (not small minority) believe homosexuals should be stoned, young girls should be circumcised etc etc

Yes the Coalition backdown is shameful and cowardly.

Ahh, yes runner, but in the case you quoted the judge was wrong because
Islam is a religion and not a race, so he should have thrown the case out.
Actually either way he was wrong because it is not really a religion but a fascist political philosophy.

Self censorship by individuals and the media through fear of section 18c makes a Rottenham (Rotherham) even more likely in Australia. That is, if it isn't already happening.

Rotherham - 1400 children abused in Rotherham, where authorities were afraid to be called racists.