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NSW Introduces Law Banning Public Nazi Support with Enhanced Penalties
NSW government proposes up to two years' imprisonment or $22,000 fine for Nazi conduct near Jewish sites, expanding bans to chants and slogans with enhanced police powers.
- The NSW Labor government will seek to criminalise public Nazi support under the Crimes Act 1900, with offenders facing up to one year imprisonment or $11,000 fine, increasing near synagogues, Jewish schools and the Sydney Jewish Museum.
- About 60 members of the National Socialist Network gathered outside NSW parliament on November 8, with some chanting slogans tied to the Hitler Youth, and the rally was authorised via a Form 1, NSW police said.
- A $2,200 fine or up to three months' jail will apply to those who refuse NSW Police orders to remove Nazi symbols, while identity‑reveal powers aid investigations and allow indictable trials in District Court.
- South African attendee Matthew Gruter had his visa revoked, was detained on Tuesday, and is expected to be deported, while the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies welcomed the bill and Attorney‑General Michael Daley defended it.
- Removing the three-year sunset clause and allowing indictable trials changes the broader legal landscape for prosecuting Nazi-related offences, after earlier move-on powers were successfully challenged by the Palestine Action Group.
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Prison time, $22,000 fines for Nazi chants in new laws
The proposed amendments make it an offence to publicly display support for Nazi ideology. Chants like “blood and honour”, which was shouted by a group of 60 neo-Nazi protesters outside the parliament earlier this month and has links to Hitler Youth, would be illegal.
·Sydney, Australia
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NSW bans Nazi chants in push to stop 'vile hatred'
Laws banning the Nazi salute and the display or sale of symbols associated with terror groups came into effect in Australia last year. Photo: Getty People who chant Nazi slogans could be imprisoned in New South Wales as part of a bid to punish and unmask far-right extremists.
·Otago, New Zealand
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