Dealing with the real issues

My suggestion is that Vic labor will go into history wishing it had properly dealt with the Kennett legacy - the growing yes men phenomena. The poor and the noisy we always have with us, but the yes men and the cynics you must know.

Vilification -Big brother Bracks

Why I've changed my mind on Victoria's anti-vilification lawsPeter Costello was quite correct in his National Day of Thanksgiving address to describe Victoria's anti-vilification legislation as "bad law".

As someone who once supported their introduction and is a member of one of the minority groups they purport to protect, I can say with some confidence that these laws have served only to undermine the very religious freedoms they intended to protect.
Amir Butler is Executive Director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee.