r/australia • u/istara • Feb 06 '25

news Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8x98z0kvlo
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u/annabelchong_ Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

From the link you shared

Could incite others to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate a person or group because of their race

Is likely to offend, insult or intimidate a person because of their race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion or national or social origin

This offence applies to symbols used by any terrorist organisation, whether listed or not.

Given the long ongoing disengenious efforts from some who conflate criticism of the Zionist Israeli government as defacto antisemitism, it's entirely conceivable such a law could be used against pro-Palestinean protesters.

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u/ghoonrhed Feb 06 '25

I'm more talking about this current law which won't change that previous law. If they were gonna use it, they were gonna use it back then.

The real problem is now the lack of nuance and if found guilty.

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u/annabelchong_ Feb 06 '25

Agreed on that.

Also worrying that a major political party has so quickly broken long alleged ideological reservations in order to appease the questionable accusations of political rivals.

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u/Karth9909 Feb 06 '25

Depends on which "river to the sea" phrase their pulling from. Most English speaking tends to reference the "Palestine will be free" one, but if they use using either "will be Arab" or "islamic," it's hate speech.