The complaint about Albo rushing the anti hate speech bill is a distraction. I have no doubt that Sussan Ley and David Littleproud were advised that Albo’s hate speech bill, if passed, would mean that their own racism - personal and political - would be criminalised. They calculated that they would lose a massive tranche of voters if they couldn’t punch down on Aboriginal, Muslim and any non white minorities. Their understanding of hate speech, racism and social cohesion is a derivative of the SkyNews outrage factory, Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones. I am not holding my breath for effective hate speech legislation. The Greens will ensure a substandard outcome with their performative politics. The cross bench and minor parties have a few sane people in their ranks and I will be looking at their contributions for some light. Everyone in Australian politics to the right of Neville Wran has opposed effective anti-racism and anti hate laws since 1975.