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The Queensland government is standing by its tough hate speech laws after a weekend of fiery community opposition. The defiant stance comes as a minister faced questions over whether he breached electoral laws.

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00:01From the river to the sea!
00:04A rallying cry made louder by efforts to silence it.
00:09People need to know calling for the eradication of an entire group of people is unacceptable.
00:13Dozens of people were arrested at pro-Palestinian protests over the weekend
00:17for chanting and displaying banned slogans.
00:21The phrases from the river to the sea and globalise the intifada
00:25were recently outlawed by the state government in an effort to crack down on anti-Semitism.
00:31Queensland's police minister didn't comment on a potential High Court challenge to the laws,
00:36instead backing the actions of officers.
00:39Police have used their skill to identify who committed an offence
00:42and they've been put before the courts.
00:44Meanwhile at Parliament, Sports Minister Tim Mander has faced questions
00:48over whether he complied with electoral laws.
00:51The member for Everton listed his voting address at the home of a staffer
00:56but wouldn't confirm if he ever lived there.
00:58I have notified the ECQ of my change in circumstances every time
01:03and registered appropriately and I've complied with every obligation the ECQ has.
01:08If Queenslanders can't rely on Mr Mander to be honest about his electoral enrolment,
01:12well how can they trust him to run the Olympics?
01:15Parliament returns this week where the latest adult crime, adult time laws are expected to be debated.
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