The federal government’s legislative push to address hate speech, prompted by the Bondi Beach terror incident, is on the verge of being enacted after overcoming initial resistance.

With the anticipated backing of the Greens on gun control measures, the government has successfully negotiated with the opposition to ensure the passage of the new free speech regulations.

Initially, several senior figures within the Coalition expressed hesitations, arguing that the legislation was hastily crafted and raised concerns about potential impacts on free speech, despite their earlier calls for a prompt reaction to the Bondi attack.

According to reports in Nine newspapers today, some Labor party members are uneasy about the government’s choice to exclude racial anti-vilification clauses from the proposed legal reforms in an effort to secure parliamentary approval.

“When these laws were introduced, numerous free speech advocates voiced concerns, questioning if such regulations might encompass various forms of expression,” explained Paul Sakkal, chief political correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, during an interview on Today.

“So the government’s pulled that section of the bill.”

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth said the government was focused on passing workable laws.

“We need to get laws through the parliament. It’s a numbers issues,” she told Today.

“And so if you have both the opposition saying that we will not support racial vilification laws and the Greens not supporting, then you can’t bring it into law.”