Victoria to Become First Australian State to Ban Public Display of National Socialist Symbols<\/h2>\n\n\n\nFollow Us: NEWSLETTER<\/a> \u2014 VK<\/a> \u2014 TELEGRAM<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/dailyarchives.org\/images\/swastika-victoria.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nShare this article with:Email<\/a>VK<\/a>Telegram<\/a>Pinterest<\/a>Twitter<\/a>WhatsApp<\/a>Messenger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe proposed laws, expected to be introduced to state parliament in the first half of 2022 with bipartisan support, will prohibit the display of swastikas and other “hate symbols”<\/em> in public spaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Australian federal police earlier this year called for a ban on “extremist insignia and propaganda”, <\/em>The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlongside the ban, Victoria will introduce sweeping new changes to anti-vilification protections, which will be extended to cover areas such as “sexual orientation, gender identity and people with disabilities”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe state attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, said that the new anti-vilification laws, along with the banning of National Socialist imagery, would “send a strong signal”<\/em> to Victorians.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Liberal member for Caulfield, David Southwick, agreed. His Melbourne electorate has a large Jewish population and Southwick said he had seen an escalation in recent years of the prevalence of “hate symbols”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“A couple of years ago we saw a swastika painted on an aged care retirement home full of Holocaust survivors \u2026 and it\u2019s not just an issue for the Jewish community, it\u2019s right across the board,”<\/em> Southwick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLast year, it was reported that a Swastika flag was flown over a home in north-west Victoria, with the local authorities unable to order its removal because it was legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This abhorrent behaviour has no place in our state. The fact that you\u2019re having to ban something that shouldn\u2019t be happening in 2021 is quite sad, but it\u2019s necessary,”<\/em> Symes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThursday\u2019s announcement was widely supported by anti-White groups around Australia. Peter Wertheim, the co-chief executive officer of peak Jewish body the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, congratulated the Victorian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“New codes and symbols are continually being developed by hate groups and the legislation will need to be flexible enough to capture this,”<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“We hope the federal government will follow suit.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Equality Australia CEO, Anna Brown, also released a statement strongly supporting the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We look forward to working with the government \u2026 to ensure the report\u2019s recommendations are swiftly implemented,”<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo far, the new laws would only ban “hate symbols”<\/em> in physical public spaces, although discussions will take place at a federal level with regards to online spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSymes will be looking to engage the federal attorney general, Michaelia Cash, later in the year on banning internet distribution of these sacred symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I hope that other states will follow our lead \u2026 but I think anything that we can do as a nation to prevent these hurtful symbols and the messages that they convey should be considered by all states. <\/em>We want to send a message to people that are flirting with neo-nazism that this is not something that Australia accepts,” <\/em>she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia Sinks Even Deeper into Thought Control; German WW II Symbols Banned; Communist Symbols OK Victoria to Become First Australian State to Ban Public Display of National Socialist Symbols Follow Us: NEWSLETTER \u2014 VK \u2014 TELEGRAM Share this article with:EmailVKTelegramPinterestTwitterWhatsAppMessenger The proposed laws, expected to … Continue reading
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nShare this article with:Email<\/a>VK<\/a>Telegram<\/a>Pinterest<\/a>Twitter<\/a>WhatsApp<\/a>Messenger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed laws, expected to be introduced to state parliament in the first half of 2022 with bipartisan support, will prohibit the display of swastikas and other “hate symbols”<\/em> in public spaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Australian federal police earlier this year called for a ban on “extremist insignia and propaganda”, <\/em>The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alongside the ban, Victoria will introduce sweeping new changes to anti-vilification protections, which will be extended to cover areas such as “sexual orientation, gender identity and people with disabilities”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The state attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, said that the new anti-vilification laws, along with the banning of National Socialist imagery, would “send a strong signal”<\/em> to Victorians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Liberal member for Caulfield, David Southwick, agreed. His Melbourne electorate has a large Jewish population and Southwick said he had seen an escalation in recent years of the prevalence of “hate symbols”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A couple of years ago we saw a swastika painted on an aged care retirement home full of Holocaust survivors \u2026 and it\u2019s not just an issue for the Jewish community, it\u2019s right across the board,”<\/em> Southwick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, it was reported that a Swastika flag was flown over a home in north-west Victoria, with the local authorities unable to order its removal because it was legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This abhorrent behaviour has no place in our state. The fact that you\u2019re having to ban something that shouldn\u2019t be happening in 2021 is quite sad, but it\u2019s necessary,”<\/em> Symes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday\u2019s announcement was widely supported by anti-White groups around Australia. Peter Wertheim, the co-chief executive officer of peak Jewish body the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, congratulated the Victorian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “New codes and symbols are continually being developed by hate groups and the legislation will need to be flexible enough to capture this,”<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We hope the federal government will follow suit.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Equality Australia CEO, Anna Brown, also released a statement strongly supporting the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We look forward to working with the government \u2026 to ensure the report\u2019s recommendations are swiftly implemented,”<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, the new laws would only ban “hate symbols”<\/em> in physical public spaces, although discussions will take place at a federal level with regards to online spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Symes will be looking to engage the federal attorney general, Michaelia Cash, later in the year on banning internet distribution of these sacred symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I hope that other states will follow our lead \u2026 but I think anything that we can do as a nation to prevent these hurtful symbols and the messages that they convey should be considered by all states. <\/em>We want to send a message to people that are flirting with neo-nazism that this is not something that Australia accepts,” <\/em>she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia Sinks Even Deeper into Thought Control; German WW II Symbols Banned; Communist Symbols OK Victoria to Become First Australian State to Ban Public Display of National Socialist Symbols Follow Us: NEWSLETTER \u2014 VK \u2014 TELEGRAM Share this article with:EmailVKTelegramPinterestTwitterWhatsAppMessenger The proposed laws, expected to … Continue reading