The NSW Minns government is moving to reject a key recommendation from an inquiry it commissioned into hate speech laws, despite the inquiry’s findings being delivered after months of delay. According to reporting across multiple outlets, the government will not adopt the central proposal that people’s sexuality, religion, or gender identity should receive the same level of legal protection as protected characteristics related to race. The inquiry’s findings argue for equal legal safeguards across these different attributes. Outlets also report that the decision follows a prolonged period before the inquiry’s recommendations were made public, with the process taking months longer than expected. While the government’s response is described as rejecting the main recommendation, the articles focus on the gap between the inquiry’s suggested legal approach and the government’s intended policy direction. The reporting does not indicate that the government accepted the recommendation in part; instead it characterizes the response as ignoring the key finding. Overall, the story centers on disagreement within the NSW government’s own policy process over whether hate speech protections should be broadened to match race-based safeguards.