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Why Turnbull should be looking over his shoulder

"Strange, this seems to be counting down to something…"

It's very easy to look at the current position of Malcolm Turnbull - whose talent for legislative inaction, internal disunity, and massive public relations own goals rivals that of his predecessor - and assume his days are numbered, but there have been two things that have largely ensured his safety as leader.

Changing 18C has nothing to do with free speech

Here's a list of smart, compassionate people using their positions of authority to do absolutely worthwhile things.

If our politicians were legitimately worried about protecting free speech there are much more significant restrictions than the Racial Discrimination Act. Unless you just really like hate speech, obviously.