Mandatory jail terms ‘clear breach’ of Labor platform and shows party ‘under pressure’, Kim Carr says Exclusive: Former Labor senator says government’s hate crimes compromise is a ‘short-term political assessment’.
Former Labor senator Kim Carr has criticised his former party’s “profoundly disappointing” decision to cave to the Coalition’s demands for mandatory jail terms for terror crimes and displaying hate symbols.
The government’s hate crimes legislation passed the lower house on Thursday morning after it agreed to introduce mandatory minimum sentences, including six years for terror offences, three years for financing terrorism and one year for displaying hate symbols.
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