‘Critically important’: Jacinta Allan takes aim at Liberal Party over anti-vilification legislation

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has told Tom Elliott she is yet to hear back from the Liberal Party on the anti-vilification bill which would give Victoria Police the ability to crack down on hate speech.

The Premier stated it’s a “critically important” piece of legislation, and comes a day after a national cabinet meeting was held following a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.

“We have legislation in the Victorian parliament right now Tom, that is putting hateful speech like anti-Semitism … putting that into the Crimes Act where it belongs,” Allan said on 3AW Mornings.

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“We are yet to hear from the Victorian Liberals if they support a bill that gives Victoria Police the powers to crack down on this hateful anti-Semitic hate speech we are seeing.”

The Premier was also questioned on the new ‘Fair Fuel Plan’, the ongoing police pay deal, improvements to the myki system and fixing pothole on Victorian roads.

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