Federal government moves to ban Nazi salute after spike in anti-Semitism, racism

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/nazi-salute-banned-antisemitism-letter-signed-by-former-premiers/103158086?

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.
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qooqie@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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Nonameuser678@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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 (1 reply)

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.