Good: Holocaust denialists back calls for reform of OZschwitz's race hate laws

Australia's leading Holocaust denial group has backed the Abbott government's intention to water down the nation's race-hate laws.

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The Adelaide Institute, founded by convicted Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben, says section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and other laws on racial vilification stifle ''legitimate'' historical debate.

Attorney-General George Brandis and newly appointed Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson have both publicly called for the abolition of laws, last used against News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt over articles about light-skinned Aborigines.

Mr Wilson described the views of Dr Toben and his institute as ''repugnant'' and ''fantasyland rubbish'' but said he believed the courts were not the way to confront them.
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Adelaide Institute director Peter Hartung said he did not have a view on Mr Wilson's appointment to the commission but that the denialist group supported the repeal of section 18C. "These laws stop discussion of things that can be proved with facts and figures so it cannot be debated,'' he said.

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Good: Holocaust denialists back calls for reform of OZschwitz's race hate laws

Good: Holocaust denialists back calls for reform of OZschwitz's race hate laws

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