THE AGE: Multicultural organisations have sung praise for Victoria's cultural diversity on the eve of a controversial talk by anti-Islamic Dutch MP Geert Wilders.
Multicultural Affairs Minister Nicholas Kotsiras said Mr Wilders's views were wrong and misinformed.
"Mr Wilders is opposed to the religion of Islam, not so much to the people, and he believes Islam has no place in democratic society which I believe is wrong."
Mr Kotsiras said while he supported freedom of speech he did not support the incitement of violence.
"We don't support the incitement of violence, the incitement of hatred and we have legislation in place that covers that. But we are multicultural and we are proud of it, we have embraced it over many years and are a prime example of how it can work."
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