Palaszczuk government accepts and will implement 17 recommendations of report including banning hate symbols and addressing online vilification
‘Nazism is evil. Evil triumphs when good people do nothing’ says Ananastacia Palaszczuk, the Queensland premiere.‘Nazism is evil. Evil triumphs when good people do nothing’ says Ananastacia Palaszczuk, the Queensland premiere.The Palaszczuk government will introduce legislation into
However, there would be an exemption for Hindus, Buddhists and Jains for whom swastikas are religious symbols. There will also be an exemption for when hate symbols are used for educational purposes. The Palaszczuk government has accepted all 17 recommendations of a parliamentary report that advised hate crime laws should be strengthened to curb “the devastating effects of vilification”, and will introduce a bill into parliament during the second half of the year.
Queensland’s attorney general and minister for justice, Shannon Fentiman, said “depictions of hate symbols have no place in Queensland”.
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