RObert,

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/sonia-kruger-has-failed-to-have-racial-vilification-complaint-against-her-dismissed/news-story/eeeddf0544c7edfefeec01071f35c800

Fixed it, just take the 's' out of 'https'.

SM, you have my agreement, although I disagree with what Kruger had to say in relation to immigration, being all encompassing as it was, but it was not hate speak. A total ban on one group because a small minority within that group are trouble is an unnecessary over reaction, in my opinion.

//better screening of migrants from some cultures// R0bert I would say better screening in general for a whole range of offensive types, not just a loose culture based screening. I don't want to see a sign at the airport that reads 'Muslims to the left, Good People to the right'.

ttbn, //this brave young woman// more an air head than a brave young woman.

Belly on Bert Newton "I like the BOY!" Unfortunately Muhammad Ali didn't like Bert after that clanger! Anyway he was I assume, I don't watch the over paid, under producing, self indulgent crowd pissing in each others pockets at the best of times, just having a shot at some of them, so what.

There is not a real lot more I can say about this, however would like it noted that I support SM s view here, and that tagging my side of politics,giving us opinions we do not hold by default is at best a waste of time remember at the very least 80 percent of us think much alike.

Foxy,

Channel 9 took this frivolous claim to court, who essentially ruled that the only requirement for the claim to proceed was that the claimant (the already bankrupt parasite) felt offended.

Channel 9 now faces blackmail in that they have the choice of paying the parasite go away money or spending $100 000s in legal fees to go to court. If they go to court, even when they win and are awarded costs, the bankrupt parasite can't pay a cent.

I wouldn't spend one dollar on that court case, I'd represent myself instead and I would say one thing, and one thing only.

"My speech is clearly permitted under Section 18D".

Then I would sue the person who brought the case against me.
I'd use discovery and find an expose the real motive behind it, and I'd use my celebrity status to call out the judiciary as scumbags for even hearing the case, when our laws clearly state her speech was permissible.

It's time to say "No, I'm not copping this bs anymore", and to call it all out.

Good on ya Sonia, I support you, as any true Aussie would.

Belly, Paul,

The problem is that the traditional left stood up for working Australians albeit in a way that I disagree with. The "New left" is pushing a new agenda of identity politics which is coming from ivory tower academics and has little to nothing to do with conditions at the coal face.

18c was introduced by Keating and for decades has been relatively innocuous, it is only recently that the social justice warriors have used the vague language in 18c to fashion a weapon for the thought police to persecute anyone that dares speak their mind.

It is the very reason that proponents of free speech have wanted to remove the loose terms "offend and insult" from 18c, and now even those from the old left should see the danger here.