Key points:
- The federal government has announced a plan to make it a criminal offence to perform the Nazi salute in Australia.
- Meanwhile, hundreds of prominent Australians have signed a letter denouncing anti-Semitism and racism.
- Jewish and Islamic groups say there has been a huge rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
3 Comments
qooqie@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Nonameuser678@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
At least now the police won't have an excuse not to charge them next time they start saluting in the middle of Melbourne.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
I’m sure next time they’ll forget to charge their handcuffs or something else to get out of it.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
It's hard to cuff someone doing a nazi salute when your right hand is up in the air.