Removal of Prosecution Approval Requirements for Hate Speech Offences

Crimes Amendment (Prosecution of Certain Offences) Bill 2023

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Director of Public Prosecutions no longer needs to approve prosecutions for publicly threatening or inciting violence based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status or HIV/AIDS status.
This change applies to all such proceedings started on or after the law begins; it includes offences committed before the law changed.

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