Australia on Thursday passed anti-hate crime laws under which a Nazi salute in public, among other similar offences, will be punishable by a mandatory jail sentence.

Summary

Australia has enacted strict anti-hate crime laws, mandating jail sentences for public Nazi salutes and other hate-related offenses.

Punishments range from 12 months for lesser crimes to six years for terrorism-related hate offenses.

The legislation follows a rise in antisemitic attacks, including synagogue vandalism and a foiled bombing plot targeting Jewish Australians.

The law builds on state-level bans, with prior convictions for individuals performing Nazi salutes in public spaces, including at sporting events and courthouses.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    294·
    22 hours ago

    Agreed.

    I’m so sick of this absolutist free speech bullshit that wants to make room for terrorist ideologies to hide.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      231·
      21 hours ago

      There is no free speech absolutism. Dare to criticize him or make fun of him and you are banned and ostracized. It’s a Nazi enablement pure and simple.

    • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      20 hours ago

      It’s kinda weird to sort of start rolling back to where some type of conservatism is actually a good thing. I don’t want to identify as a conservative, but I definitely want to conserve institutions of justice and whatnot and not have them corrupted by right-wing crypto cucks.

      • eureka@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        It’s kinda weird to sort of start rolling back to where some type of conservatism is actually a good thing.

        For what it’s worth, politics is more complex than conservation and change. The status quo is what got us here, so we must to better than merely conserve.