Australia set to enforce strict laws against hate crimes

New laws are set to be passed in federal parliament to ban any person from performing the Nazi salute in public, as well as the public display of a flag that represents a proscribed terror group. An uptick in discrimination and threatening behaviour has triggered Jewish and Muslim community fears in the wake of October 7.

A Nazi swastika graffitied on the front of the Victorian State Parliament in 2012 Source: AAP / DAVID CROSLING

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