Published: February 20, 2019
Exclusive: Former race discrimination commissioner warns against ‘blatant appeals to racism and division’ in election
Australia’s former race discrimination commissioner will warn voters to brace for a possible race-based election, declaring there is every indication that the Coalition government has already “flicked the switch to fear”.
Tim Soutphommasane will use the John Curtin lecture on Thursday night to argue the Morrison government is “already campaigning on fear, seeking to incite hysteria about asylum seekers and border security”.
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