I agree totally that 'racist!' is an offensive race-based insult that ought to be punishable under 18C. A letter of mine to that effect was published in The Australian just a few days ago ("Nothing highlights more the absurdity of 18C and the hypocrisy of its supporters than the impunity with which anyone can hurl the insult ‘racist!’ at whomever they please.") Perhaps when that message sinks in more people will start to see that 18C must be abolished in its entirety.

The author has conveniently forgotten that one of the tenants of all our law is to completely exonerate anyone who says they are "Aboriginal" from any of this legislation. Yes we have racist laws and are now being asked to enshrine this in the Australian Constitution.
Makes up my mind about supporting any sort of "First peoples" inclusion in the Constitution.
We need to define "Race" first I think. Then everything follows from that surely?

It was Barry Goldwater, who stood for president of the United States against Richard Nixon who said, "You cannot make someone love his neighbour by passing a law" or words to that effect.

Stan Grant also needs to be reminded who his forebears were, as do most of his fellow travelers.

David

The awful, superficial and egotistical Grant got his boost and oxygen from a taxpayer-funded national broadcaster that figures itself 'Progressive' and dabbles in social reengineering. It has a secondary informal editorial policy that is often at odd with its declared editorial policy of independence and so on, virtues that are largely ignored by its array of socio-political programs, such as Q&A, that poses as news and current affairs but is anything but.

Therein lies the answer, where a national broadcaster has upwards of $1.3 billion compulsorily taken from taxpayers to do its hip 'Progressive' international socialist propaganda and it is spreading those messages 24/365 and where politicians concede and cater to its ferocious, adversarial, left-leaning Mastiffs, what is the public, especially vulnerable youth, to believe?

Either the SBS or the ABC has to go and what remains has to cater for community services made by and for the local communities around Australia. The large funds received by the ABC should in major part be distributed by it to the small community stations, largely volunteer driven. That should be the role of the ABC, to identity suitable local community media that are run by and are for the purposes of local communities and to provide funds to foster their role and contribution. That might even include TV/radio run by school students, which would make a very positive contribution to the education and welfare of the underrepresented youth of Australia.

I think the 4 university students commenting on apartheid practices know more about racism than most Aussies.

Leoj: “The awful, superficial and egotistical Grant got his boost and oxygen from a taxpayer-funded national broadcaster that figures itself 'Progressive' and dabbles in social reengineering. It has a secondary informal editorial policy that is often at odd with its declared editorial policy of independence and so on, virtues that are largely ignored by its array of socio-political programs, such as Q&A, that poses as news and current affairs but is anything but. …

Either the SBS or the ABC has to go …”

Given today’s plethora of news and current affairs providers, there no longer is justification for the Government to continue to fund the ABC and SBS, both of which now fail to follow a policy of independence in any case.

Preferably they should be privatised, or failing that, wholly funded by subscription from their faithful listeners/viewers