Nazi salute
Neo-Nazis demonstrate outside NSW Parliament House in Macquarie Street, Sydney on Saturday, November 8. Photo: Screenshot/X
December 11, 2025, 11:26 am
Three charged in AFP extremism blitz
Week-long AFP blitz targets Nazi symbols, hate crimes and violent extremism.
By AJN STAFF
Jacob Hersant (centre) speaks to awaiting media upon leaving the Melbourne Magistrates' Court in Melbourne, Friday, November 8, 2024. Photo: AAP Image/Con Chronis
November 8, 2024, 1:01 pm
Neo Nazi given a month’s jail: First conviction under Nazi salute ban
'This isn't just a sentence—it's a national roar that symbols of Nazism have no place on our soil'
By Bruce Hill
A white supremacist rally was held in Corowa. Photo: X
October 15, 2024, 4:43 pm
Police officer’s Nazi salutes
"The JCCV has spoken with senior police and is reassured that a full investigation is underway," says JCCV president Philip Zajac.
By Peter Kohn
Neo-Nazi protesters perform Nazi salutes outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross
October 19, 2023, 2:14 pm
Victoria bans Nazi salutes
It makes Victoria the second state, after Tasmania, to ban the Nazi salute, while several states have already outlawed public displays of swastikas.
By Peter Kohn
Neo-Nazis outside Parliament in Melbourne on Saturday, March 18. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross
August 31, 2023, 9:46 am
Holocaust survivors consulted over development of new laws
The Andrews government introduced a bill to ban the Nazi salute and other gestures in Victoria, with penalties ranging from fines of up to $23,000 to up to a year in jail.
By Bruce Hill
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery will be home to a Holocaust Education and Interpretation Centre. Photo: Wikipedia
August 24, 2023, 10:36 am
‘A stand against hateful rhetoric’
Tasmania will become the first state in Australia to ban the Nazi salute, sending a clear message that Nazi symbols and salutes are a breach of moral and community standards.
By Bruce Hill
Neo-Nazis perform salutes at a demonstration in Melbourne on May 13, 2023. Photo: Michael Currie/SOPA Images/Sipa USA
July 6, 2023, 9:27 am
Tasmania bans Nazi salute
Historic legislation, prohibiting the Nazi salute, has been passed by both houses of the Tasmanian Parliament.
By Mia Gardiner
Neo-Nazis outside Parliament House in Melbourne in March. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross
June 8, 2023, 8:50 am
‘We will act to keep you safe’
There is no place for symbols that glorify the holocaust.
By Mark Dreyfus
Macnamara MP Josh Burns (left) and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
June 7, 2023, 9:00 pm
Attorney-General launches Federal Bill
'There is no place in Australia for symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust, and there is no place for those who seek to profit from the trade in these evil symbols or use them to promote their hatred'
By Peter Kohn
From left: Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann, Judy Fetter, Jaclyn Symes and Daniel Aghion. Photo: Supplied
May 11, 2023, 12:11 pm
Symes commits to action
'We had an opportunity to thank the Attorney-General for the Victorian government's leadership on legislating to ban the Nazi swastika symbol'
By AJN STAFF
The neo-Nazi group at the Bavarian.
April 27, 2023, 11:22 am
Neo-Nazis’ grotesque celebration
"We pride ourselves on being a family-friendly restaurant ... We were equally offended and took the matter immediately in hand."
By Mia Gardiner
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