00:00The NSW Government says that hate speech, as defined by the laws in this state, will now be a breach of the Code of Conduct for teachers and all school staff in all schools across the state, regardless of whether they're public, Catholic or independent.
00:17In this state, schools are regulated by the NSW Education Standards Authority and the Premier, Chris Minns, says it's that body which will now have the power to fire teachers for what they perceive is a breach of hate speech laws.
00:33This change is in response to the Bondi Terror attack, a direct assault on the Jewish population in NSW in December.
00:41The Premier says these changes will mean that NESA can sack a teacher for something that they say in a classroom or outside the school that would breach the government's year-old hate speech laws.
00:53And they are laws that make it illegal to incite racial hatred.
00:57And importantly, the Premier says he doesn't need to wait for a police investigation, that the Education Authority should have the power to act faster.
01:05In terms of the specific cases that this sort of thing could apply to, the Premier was asked about a situation at a school, an Islamic school in southern NSW last year, where a principal was investigated for comments that he made on social media about Zionists.
01:22We will not tolerate, and it's not allowed in NSW to be in a position where you're poisoning young minds.
01:29We know young people are impressionable.
01:31We know that people who are in positions of authority, particularly educators, are responsible for shaping their views and outlooks in the years ahead.
01:39And if, through that process, they are tipping bigoted, uninformed or racist information into young minds, it can have devastating effects on the cohesion in our community.
01:50One of the posts said that Zionists should burn in the pits of hellfire.
01:55Now, the principal at that school, Sheikh Abdul Ghani Abaf, has been stood aside while Nessa is investigating.
02:02Now, the Premier says that these changes today are not in direct response to that, and he wouldn't specifically comment on that case.
02:08He said that these laws are because of the Bondi terror attack.
02:12But he did say that parents sending their children to school should expect that if any teachers are, in his words, poisoning young minds, that they would be able to be fired.
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