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Re: Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week

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Nanny Land <no_guns@nofreedom.com> wrote

> CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government plans legislation to  
> ban
> swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-
> right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday.

> While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal
> law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, Dreyfus
> said.

No federal govt gets to do that.

> “There’s been a rise in this kind of violent far right activity. We think
> it’s time for there to be a federal law which I’ll be bringing to the
> Parliament next week,” Dreyfus told Nine Network television.

> We’ve got responsibility for import and export. We want to see an end to
> trading in this kind of memorabilia or any items which bear those Nazi
> symbols,” Dreyfus said. “There’s no place in Australia for spreading of
> hatred and violence.”

> The Labor Party government controls the House of Representatives but not
> the Senate, and it’s unclear when a ban might pass or take effect. The  
> law
> would include a penalty for people displaying Nazi symbols of up to a  
> year
> in prison.

> Displaying symbols for religious, educational or artistic purposes would
> be among a range of exclusions from the ban. It will not affect the use  
> of
> the swastika for people observing Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

So is just more mindless virtue signalling.

> Dreyfus, who is Jewish, said the number of neo-Nazis was small, but the
> main domestic spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence
> Organization, had raised concerns about their activity in the past three
> years.

> “This is a very small number of people. I’m hoping it’s getting small and
> it will eventually disappear,” he told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Fat chance.

> https://apnews.com/article/swastikas-australia-nazi-symbols-
> 16d821e089a09f6f395a7bdbbbaff692

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Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week Nanny Land <no_guns@nofreedom.com> - 2023-06-11 09:38 +0000
  Re: Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-06-12 02:43 +1000
  Re: Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2023-06-12 08:40 +1000
    Re: Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-06-12 14:42 +1000

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