Victorian Inquiry Recommends Ban on Nazi Symbols March 5, 2021 Updated: March 9, 2021
Displaying symbols of Nazi ideology could be banned in the Australian state of Victoria following a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s anti-vilification laws.
The potential ban would include the Nazi swastika, but it was not clear from the report whether this would encompass other uses of the swastika by Eastern faith groups which for thousands of years have recognised the symbol as one of divinity and spirituality, such as those in the Buddhist traditions.
The state’s inquiry into its anti-vilification protections (pdf), put forward on March 3, also called for the laws to be extended to cover race and religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, HIV status, and disability.
Victorian inquiry recommends banning Nazi symbols and strengthening anti-vilification laws
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The bipartisan committee found hate crimes were under-reported by victims and under-recorded by police.
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A Victorian Parliament report has recommended Nazi symbols be banned from public display and called for new laws to strengthen the powers of police and other agencies to investigate and prosecute racial vilification.
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It has made 36 recommendations, which will be considered by Victorian Parliament
The bipartisan committee s report has been welcomed as a thunderous day for the history books
It also says anti-vilification laws should be extended to cover gender and sexual orientation, disability and HIV status.
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Jewish MP demands union dump academic over swastika
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Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns has demanded the tertiary education union stop backing a left-wing academic who was sacked for superimposing a swastika onto the Israeli flag.
Dr Tim Anderson was dismissed by the University of Sydney in 2019 after misconduct findings by the university over his use of Nazi symbolism in lecture materials and social media to highlight what he believes to be Israelâs inhumane occupation of the West Bank.
Labor MP Josh Burns.
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The lecture slide that is the subject of the controversy related to a 2014 war in which thousands of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces.
Queensland man charged over online harassment of Victorian MP Fiona Patten
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A Victorian MP says an unprecedented level of fury and anger is being directed towards politicians online.
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten s comments came after a man in Queensland was charged with harassing her on social media.
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten.
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Ms Patten last year reported to parliamentary security a video posted to Facebook in which a man said he would shave her head and drag her up the street if she supported the government s COVID-19 omnibus bill.