🚨 HIGH COURT TO DECIDE IF GOVERNMENT CAN OUTLAW A POLITICAL GROUP

The White Australia Party is taking the Commonwealth to the High Court today, challenging laws that allow the federal government to declare an organisation a “prohibited hate group”.

Once a group is listed, knowingly remaining a member can carry up to seven years in prison, while recruiting or directing its activities can carry even heavier sentences.

The case raises a much bigger question than one political party: how much power should any government have to decide which political organisations Australians are legally allowed to belong to?

The government says the laws are restricted to groups involved in or advocating hate crimes. The party argues the power goes too far and breaches constitutional protections for political communication.

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