https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka8hxIsbhok
The White Australia Party is in the High Court challenging the hate laws they were banned under. But the most interesting thing in that courtroom isn't what they're arguing. It's what the government is arguing.
The Commonwealth's position, in their own written submissions, is that the smaller the group, the less difficult it should be to justify banning it.
That's the argument I want you to sit with for 44 minutes. Because if size works against you rather than for you, the question stops being whether these laws apply to them, and starts being whether they apply to you.
I've worked all three sides of this system. Cop. Prosecutor. Defence lawyer. So when I tell you the law doesn't work the way you assume it does, I'm not guessing.
One thing before you go. This isn't a channel for legal advice. It's a channel for clarity, and that's what we're aiming at. If a case like this one matters to you, subscribing is what keeps this work happening.
I'm James Glissan. I'll see you in the next one.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - The Bet Being Made on You
01:04 - Australia vs Free Speech vs Hate Laws?
04:15 - What Our Constitution IS and ISN'T
06:41 - Why the Government Is Saying YOU Have No Rights
11:41 - Word Games: Change the Definition, Change the Effect
12:56 - So Then What Actually IS a Hate Crime?
14:46 - The Warning the Government Ignored
17:49 - The Government Says You Don't Need Reasons
19:17 - What White Australia Actually Did to Draw So Much Attention
22:27 - How These Laws Follow You Anywhere in the World
25:12 - Human Rights Didn't Make Their Way to Australia
29:51 - What Does Bondi Beach Have to Do With This?
32:00 - The Most Incredible Trick in the Book (Did They Know?)
35:56 - Watch What People Start to Do When the News Comes In
37:46 - Objection: The Tools You Can Use to See the Tricks
41:06 - What This Could Mean for All of Us