New anti-hate and gun laws in Australia — Reading comprehension exercise

B1 / B2 / C1
STEP 1
Read the following article: READING COMPREHENSION ARTICLE 6
STEP 2
Answer these questions (choose the best answer):
1. How many shooters were involved in the festival killings?
2. Albanese said that he would have preferred _____________ hate-speech laws.
3. _____________ has a majority in the upper chamber of Australia's government.
4. Which of the following do the new gun-control laws not include?
5. Under the new laws, the alleged gunmen _____________ to possess guns.
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Did you know? Legal and political passages like this one use very precise language where individual word choices matter significantly. Exam questions often hinge on a distinction between "banned" and "restricted", or "proposed" and "implemented" — reading carefully for those distinctions is essential.

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