Australia introduces mandatory jail time for hate crimes

Australia introduces mandatory jail time for hate crimes following surge in antisemitism
Australia has introduced strict laws to combat hate crimes, introducing mandatory minimum sentences for a range of terrorism offences and the display of hate symbols, following a spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Australia introduces tough anti-hate crime laws amid rise in antisemitism
Australia enacts stringent anti-hate crime laws in response to sharp uptick in incidents of antisemitism in the country.
Australian man arrested after allegedly throwing bacon during antisemitic hate crime
( JTA) — Police in the Melbourne, Australia, area have arrested a man who they say threw a “packet of bacon” at someone who interrupted his attempts at antisemitic graffiti. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.
Australia passes tough hate crime laws in bid to stem wave of antisemitism
Legislation includes mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes, 6 years for those found guilty of terrorism; Prime Minister Albanese says perpetrators must be held to account
Australia passes tough anti-hate crime laws to tackle surge in antisemitism
The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi salute in public, and six years for those found guilty of terrorism offences.
Australia Passes Tough Hate Crime Laws With Mandatory Jail Time for Nazi Salutes
Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes,
Federal Parliament passes Australia's toughest hate speech and hate crime laws with mandatory sentencing
Federal Parliament has passed what the government calls Australia’s toughest laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Labor conceded to Coalition demands for mandatory sentencing to secure support for the bill.
Australia's toughest ever anti-terror laws pass parliament
Australia's toughest ever "anti-terror" laws have passed parliament, promising mandatory prison sentences for publicly displaying any terror symbol.
How a wave of antisemitic attacks roiled Australia and provoked claims of foreign influence
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Australia ramps up response to antisemitism with minimum sentences
Australia significantly toughened its laws against hate crimes on Thursday, adopting amendments that make prison sentences ...
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Australia wakes to more antisemitic graffiti after a discovery of explosives was revealed by police
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Antisemitism envoy says Australia 'on everyone's lips … for the wrong reasons' at Auschwitz anniversary
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Australian university rank-and-file committee members oppose Zionist witch hunt against Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Labor backflips on 'controversial' mandatory sentencing to combat antisemitism
Terrorism and hate symbol offences will now carry a mandatory minimum sentence after the federal government passed new laws ...