RACS' submission places hate-motivated violence within the context of both criminal justice and our public health, arguing for the long-term impact of these acts on trauma services, registries, surgical workload and hospital capacity to improve long-term patient outcomes. RACS endorses the key elements of this bill, including firearms control and protections against extreme behaviour that can lead to hate-motivated violence, but firmly states that further focus should be placed on health outcomes, trauma prevention, workforce safety and system resilience, when implementing and evaluating the Bill.