Australia news live: Labor’s hate speech laws pass the Senate; experts warn research gap on NDIS tool could lead to ‘tragedies’

Attorney general says Labor does not plan to again try to pass laws targeting racial vilification. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe head of Australia’s peak body of psychologists and disability experts have warned the NDIS’s new assessment tool hasn’t been tested on a variety of disability types – including diverse autistic needs – which may lead to “tragedies” occurring, if more research is not conducted.The NDIA called the tool the “gold standard of available, validated needs assessment tools. It has been developed over more than 20 years in the Australian context and tested through multiple research studies across a range of disability groups”.What will probably happen is that there will just be terrible outcomes for six months or a year and complaints … and people talking to the government and the ombudsman and whatever else and maybe a couple of tragedies and then something will get fixed. Continue reading...