Nazi swastika
Mark Dreyfus speaks about the Hamas attack in Federal Parliament on Monday, October 16. Photo: Screenshot
December 7, 2023, 10:47 am
Bill criminalising Nazi salute and hate symbols passes parliament
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said it sends a clear message that there is no place in Australia for acts and symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust and terrorist acts
By AJN STAFF
From left: Judy Fetter, Minister Colin Brooks, Dr Hass Dellal, Dana Krause and Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann.
July 24, 2023, 6:48 am
Minister and leaders meet
The education provided in the campaign includes information about the scope of the new laws, the impact of the Nazi swastika on Jewish Victorians, and the exemptions to the laws that allow faith communities that consider the swastika a symbol of peace to continue displaying it.
By Mia Gardiner
Neo-Nazis perform salutes at a demonstration in Melbourne on May 13, 2023. Photo: Michael Currie/SOPA Images/Sipa USA
May 25, 2023, 8:18 am
Nazi symbols breakthrough
'Legislation alone will not be sufficient to stem the growth of nationalist and racist violent extremism … To be effective, such legislation should be accompanied by a broader suite of measures, including education and awareness raising'
By Peter Kohn
The offending graffiti.
May 4, 2023, 11:03 am
Tasmanian MP targeted
'Antisemitism and radical extremism have no place in our free society'
By Gareth Narunsky
The swastika was found carved into glass at the Sandringham College school hall.
May 4, 2023, 10:01 am
Swastika drawn inside Sandringham College
The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) was alerted to a Nazi swastika carved near the entrance to Sandringham College's school hall.
By Mia Gardiner
Ten Jewish headstones were vandalised at the South Maitland cemetery in Newcastle, NSW. Photo: Twitter.
February 9, 2023, 7:52 am
Jewish headstones vandalised
'This was not some random action. It was a planned and deliberate attack on Jewish graves only.'
By Carly Adno
Photo: Chris Jackson for St James’s Palace and Uriel Sinai via Getty Images. Design by Avital Dayanim
January 10, 2023, 9:52 am
Who chose Prince Harry’s Nazi costume?
Prince Harry's memoir Spare hits shelves and has very much created waves throughout the world.
Waverley College in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
December 15, 2022, 8:38 am
Waverley’s culture of Nazi symbols and salutes
Wavelery College is the latest school to be embroiled in controversy, with reports suggesting the exclusive boys' Catholic school has a "strong culture" of antisemitism.
By Carly Adno
A Nazi swastika was drawn outside a Rose Bay daycare. Photo: Supplied.
October 20, 2022, 10:18 am
‘Targets our children’
'This targets Jews and it targets our children, making it doubly despicable.'
By Carly Adno
One of the defaced signs. Photo: Facebook
October 20, 2022, 9:36 am
Southwick posters defaced with swastikas
'Hate has no place in our society and this ignorant act has not intimidated me. Instead, it's only proven why my years-long fight against this vile symbol is so important.'
By Mia Gardiner
A swastika flag at a home in Newtown, in Sydney's inner-west, in April 2020.
August 11, 2022, 8:46 am
Bill set to be passed this week in NSW
Public displays of Nazi symbols is set to be banned this week in NSW, as the bill passes the Lower House.
By AJN STAFF
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