Racial discrimination act 18C and the case against hate preacher Wissam Haddad
'I do not think 18C should exist, I think it is a handbrake on free speech and it has, on many occasions, been weaponised against genuine debate in this country, just as it was against our colleague here at Sky News, Andrew Bolt, 14 years ago,' Mr Bond said.
'My point is, that it is not the law's job to stop people from being racist and it never will stop people from being racist, because even if they stop saying stuff openly, they will still say it privately and their garbage will simply go underground.
'I want to make it clear, I have always been opposed to 18C, I still am opposed to 18C and that does not change because in this case I am more sympathetic to those who took on an Islamic preacher.'
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