Parliament to return early in wake of attack

Parliament is expected to return in the next two weeks, allowing the passage of new hate laws. Picture: File
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POLITICANS will be hauled back to Canberra before Australia Day to pass laws responding to Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades. Parliament is expected to return at some point in the next two weeks, with the aim of allowing the Government to pass laws cracking down on hate preachers who vilify people of other faiths. […]

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