Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense.

The crime of publicly performing the Nazi salute or displaying the Nazi swastika is punishable by up to 12 months in prison, according to the Reuters news agency.

Mark Dreyfus, Australia’s Attorney-General, said in a press release Monday that the laws — the first of their kind in the country — sent “a clear message: there is no place in Australia for acts and symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust and terrorist acts.”

    • Quokka
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      11 months ago

      Oi fuck off mate.

      Nothing wrong with tucking your shirt in. Go be some boomer curmudgeon elsewhere.

      • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        -711 months ago

        Lol really touched a nerve there didn’t I? Boomer rapidly losing all meaning, those guys love tucking in their tees while rocking some white new balance.

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      711 months ago

      Man i remember being an absolute dipshit ignorant child. I had that same butthead grin too. Time helped.