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QLD criminalisation of Nazi hate symbols: Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies comments – J-Wire

QLD criminalisation of Nazi hate symbols: Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies comments – J-Wire
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Queensland to introduce legislation banning Nazi symbols to strengthen response to hate crimes

Proposed bill also aims to ensure those who commit crimes motivated by prejudice face tougher penalties

Queensland to ban swastikas and strengthen hate crime laws

Palaszczuk government accepts and will implement 17 recommendations of report including banning hate symbols and addressing online vilification

Queenslanders are being urged to have their say on the state s racial vilification laws

Share on Twitter Queensland s 30-year-old vilification and hate crime laws are coming under the microscope following a campaign by concerned multicultural community groups. A parliamentary inquiry is currently looking at a review of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act, with advocates calling for more clearly defined laws and tougher penalties for hate crimes. Queenslanders have been asked to share their stories, confidentially if needed, before the submission deadline on 12 July. A group of 20 non-profit organisations, the Cohesive Communities Coalition (CCC), lobbied the state government for the inquiry in light of more targeted attacks in part attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Christchurch mosque massacre.

Queenslanders are being urged to have their say on the state s racial vilification law

Share on Twitter A 30-year-old Queensland vilification law is coming under the microscope following a campaign by concerned multicultural community groups. A parliamentary inquiry has opened into section 131a of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act, with advocates calling for something more clearly defined and tougher penalties for hate crimes. A group of 20 non-profit organisations, the Cohesive Communities Coalition (CCC), lobbied the state government for the inquiry as part of a broader review of the discrimination act in light of more targeted attacks in part attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Christchurch mosque massacre. Queenslanders have been asked to share their stories, confidentially if needed, before the submission deadline on 12 July.

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