18C
Noun
The section of the Racial Discrimination Act that makes it an offence to "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" a person of a certain race, colour or national or ethnic origin.
Usage- Australia
- Uncountable
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Serious concerns have been raised about 18C's effect on freedom of expression. In this book, the authors argue that s 18C is too broad and too vague to be constitutional.
The woman who pursued a racial discrimination action against Queensland University of Technology has dropped the case, just weeks after she failed in a last-ditch bid to restart her section 18C case against three students.