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The motion of neo-Nazi protesters in making brazen Sieg Heil salutes on the steps of the Victorian Parliament has renewed efforts to stem extremism.
Proposed legal guidelines tabled within the Queensland Parliament would ban the show, distribution or publication of extremist hate symbols, with a most penalty of three years in jail. Social media and tattoos are coated by the regulation, in addition to the Nazi salute in sure circumstances.
And a invoice earlier than the Tasmanian Parliament would ban Nazi symbols and the salute with these convicted going through fines of greater than $3500 or three months’ imprisonment. Penalties could be doubled for repeat offenders.
All current and proposed bans make exceptions together with for Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and different teams for whom the swastika is a vital image predating its appropriation by Nazis.
Victoria was the primary state to enact a ban on December 29, 2022. It is a prison offense to show Nazi symbols in public, which carries a most penalty of a high quality of virtually $22,000, 12 months imprisonment, or each. The federal government is transferring to amend the regulation to ban the Nazi salute as nicely.
NSW banned Nazi flags and symbols in August, with offenders going through penalties of as much as a 12 months behind bars or a high quality of as much as $11,000.
The West Australian authorities pledged to criminalize the show or possession of Nazi symbols in January, with jail time included among the many proposed penalties. Displaying tattoos would even be coated by the invoice.
Legal guidelines have been launched to the ACT Parliament in November to ban the show of Nazi symbols with a proposed most penalty of 12 months in jail.
-AAP
