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Kat Wong and Andrew Brown

Bipartisan backing for tougher hate-speech penalties

Opposition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan will work with the government on hate-speech penalties. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The coalition has signalled it is willing to work alongside the government to strengthen hate-speech laws, amid rising levels of anti-Semitism.

The federal government is working through a new bill protecting people from hate speech based on attributes such as race, gender, religion, sex or sexuality.

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