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Politics
Farid Farid

Hate laws to stay despite caravan terror plot hoax

Hate crime laws were pushed through parliament after the discovery of an explosives-laden caravan. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Laws targeting racial and religious hate crimes were urgently passed by a "misinformed" parliament but the government that introduced them isn't backing down. 

An inquiry is expected to probe the rushed legislation after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks it was designed to respond to were revealed as having been orchestrated by criminals to further their own interests.

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