The bill, hailed as a "thunderous blow" to white supremacists whenIt makes it a criminal offence for anyone to intentionally display the Nazi symbol in public, and those who do will face penalties of up to nearly $22,000, 12 months in jail, or both.People will only be charged if they do not comply with a police directive to remove the symbol.
Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said the swastika glorified one of the most hateful ideologies in history, and its public display did nothing but cause further pain and division."I'm glad to see that no matter what side of politics, we can agree that this vile behaviour will not be tolerated in Victoria.
The legislation will come into effect in six months' time to allow for a campaign about the origins of the religious and cultural swastika to be rolled out, the state government said.
So a NAZI symbol is more offensive than your son? LOL
Swastika is a sanskrit word, the nazi hate symbol is called the Hakenkreuz NOT Swastika (auspicious Hindu symbol).
where are these white supremacists who got these 'thunderous blow', never met them in my life, when you are incompetent to solve real issues I guess you create them and act like you are solving them, what a bunch of commies...
So are we still sending arms to the Azov Nazis?
It's a 'thunderous blow' to free speech...today it's the Nazi symbol, what will it be tomorrow?
Have you told the Ukrainian community about this?
But a hammer and sickle is just fine!
Monetary debasement leads to tyranny. 100% of the time.
This is great! Hammer and Sickle next, if Dan is willing to part with it that is 😘
Intheprezent Good job! I Wish the US would do that, but we wouldn't want to restrict the freedom of Nazis and other domestic terrorists trying to overthrow our democracy. The Republicans would have none of it since this is their base.
White supremacy is also colonialism that is our political system today .
Tell that to Ukraine 😂
Oh ffs! Meanwhile we’ll strip people of their rights and civil liberties, just like a certain regime who adopted that symbol as their logo. 🙄
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Thank you for defending my religion, in AVESTA god (Ahura Mazda ) says; the devil will use the symbol along many other things to fool and desecrate the gods religion and to kill in gods name, AVESTA ( bible of zoarostrians ) is very clear about the evil spirit acting as others..
Nothing was sacred about the Zoarostrian white man, you spit on them and use their religious symbol for killings, may god damn whoever isn’t zoarostrian and disrespects my religion.
My friends mockery has to have a limit, do some research, engravings of swastika from 5000 BC is in Iran, it belongs to the Zoarostrian, swastika means holy fire,water,wind,soil, white man is a zoarostrian btw, these wannabes disrespecting my religion aren’t even white …
who has even seen anyone walking around with a swastika anyway
So now they'll just display something else. At least with Nazi symbolism you know who they are.
Lol. Now it's just makes its soooo much more powerful. Let's start referring to it as the 's-word' as well, let's go all the way with the stupidity. There's like 15 Nazis in Victoria and they are too busy doing meth to fly a flag.
Why don't they do something constructive
Yes, finally! ❤🙏
So how Victorians will support Ukrain now?
LOL, ban the symbol but leave the Nazis in place. Let's go Victoria. Let's go Aus. Get a grip ffs.
We don’t really publicly display our swastikas anyway
But doesn’t it represent what you all are?
How about the rainbow flag? Hammer and sickle?
How I wish the law was passed in 1945.
Sounds to me more like the govt in Victoria doesn't want the US and minions' pet nazi proxies being exposed and will use this as a pretext for censoring the sharing of such realities. It's typical of how the game is played.
A huge victory. Now the 10s of millions of people in Australia that display the swastika will have nowhere to fly their flag. I was really getting sick of seeing it everywhere I go.
Flags we can stick to - ISIS USSR North Korea Hamas Hezbollah China Because the victims of the above regimes don't matter.
Now do the Hammer and Sickle...
There’s no serious Nazis here so why does a government that fucks up everything it touches, that’s presiding over a hospital & ambulance system in collapse, that has horrendous debt & serious housing issues waste time on pointless virtue signalling instead of facing real problems
Our economy and society are on the brink of collapse and they're wasting time banning symbols nobody even uses 🙄🤦♂️
Victoria in Australia.
I Imagine we will see swastikas everywhere from now on,as we see defiance of shit for brains authoritarian political parasites trying to lord it over the peasants,God I love a defiant Aussie.
75+ yrs after the fact, the government is here to save the day! Brave and stunning, but mostly brave... Can't really say I've seen anyone flying one though. Anyone seen them paraded around? I wonder what they think of the Hindu version?
Not sure about this. It's the same about freedom of speech. Let them speak. Let them fly symbols. I want to see who people are. Let them reveal themselves.
Yet as a country we abstained in the UN from doing so.. lapdog of America
Thunderous blow? I'm sure any hate groups wouldn't care in the slightest. 😆
Fighting an imaginary enemy, meanwhile the state is a fascist dictatorship
Meddich - what happened to the son that threw a spray paint can at someone and then they beat the shit out of him? That was hilarious 😂
How far away until the letter “Z” will be dropped, from the English language? UkraineRussianWar is just the start … sbsnews
Easier to control what is carried publicly instead of secrecy.
This is a dumb idea and won't achieve anything
Legislation passed by the Nazi, Communist, Bolshevik and Khazarian Mafia politicians that deflect what they are doing to the people. Nice distraction!
You...you do realize the swastika was appropriate from Buddhists, right?
FB did that many years ago. I got blocked for months for sharing WW2 documentaries from YouTube on FB. FB mods are dmb as fck.😂
Nah. We don't have that many Nazis/white supremacists in Victoria.
choppingboardboy won’t be happy with this incursion on FREEDOM
Will the legislation also forbid acting like a Nazi? You know, like your Premier
Good.
How is this legislation relevant? Might want to check your support for Ukraine considering their Nazi Azov battalion militia
Will they also ban the Hammer and Sickle - as communism has led to much more death and misery than Nazism.
Lol don't pat yourselves on the back. It took you how long to ban such symbols? Too damn long. It's a joke.
And when are we removing Marxist and commie symbols?
What a wank
GOOD, its about time, down with nazi's
That will be a thunderous blow to ASIO and its fake domestic terror threat unit.
If the white supremacist and nazi scum want to pile their rancid rags in a Melbourne park, I've got plenty of lighter fluid we can use to burn their garbage.
About time. 👏👏
How many Nazi symbols were on display in Victoria? Just curious. Yes it shouldn’t be displayed anywhere but where did this priority and demand come from exactly?
Can we deal with Marxist & Communists symbols now?
Applause to Australia 👏👏👏 Can we now get same such a law in the US?
Fantastic.
substance division do
That will stop them.
How about banning Communist symbols? Oh wait, there’s no such thing as Left Wing extremism 😂😂😂😂😂
What ever you do DanielAndrewsMP don't visit the senate chambers in old parliament house in Canberra.. Your inflated head will explode..
SBS can you name the white supremacist organisation in Australia.
Hindus ,Buddhists, and Jainism followers will be spewin.
Then ban the Australian and American flag for their atrocities,oh that's right these were committed under the direction of politicians so it's OK.
Good.
Since that symbol is so nasty, why don’t organisations change their logos? Easy fix, instead of having those allowances’ in the Bill!
There goes NATO.
Problem solved
Lol has anyone ever met or seen a white supremacist? Nope me either, but the Commies responsible for most historical genocide have their devotees everywhere, including our Parliament, ABC/SBS and the public service.
What idiocy. Ban the hammer & sickle& Antifa & you’d be onto something
Racism, hate (rolled up in fascism) are terribly harmful to society and a complete and utter waste of energy that could be put to much better use. The old era of singular races (if I can put it that way) no longer exists. Just look around you.
In all my years in Victoria I’ve never seen anyone display this so I agree this is super thunderous.
It’s a good move considering that in every instance the imagery is place by a leftist as a fake hate crime. On another note, there are no white supremacists in Australia, it’s all made up by the left.
What happened to free speech?
Hammer and sickle still good? Asking for a comrade.
This should be Australia wide!
I assume that the hammer & sickle will be next....?
HonkHonk ooh noo they passed a law. That will stop them. 🤡🌏
I wonder why AU officially supports Ukraine then Double standards, as always
SBS Yep all of the 7 white supremacists in Australia are devastated. So a ban on the hammer & sickle coming? Isnt this already covered under graffiti laws?
SBS It’s not Swastika but Heukenkreuz. Educate yourselves! Christians cleverly made it Swastika to hide the shame of being associated with Nazis !
So we must ban the Australian and American flag too because of the atrocities committed under these banners,oh that's right that's different snigger snigger.
It would be a 'proud moment' if Victoria's nazis converted to Jainism :-)
Well that worked. 😂
what about another bloody symbol of criminal left? Not only National Socialism (NAZI) but also socialism is responsible for killing millions
I'm so gonna put a large swastika on my blog.
Seems legit? LOL
But the Australian government is supporting Nazis in Ukraine. Cool.
DanJCass Shocking it took so long though. Why isn’t there a national ban?
I believe the swastika is a highly regarded religious symbol. The Nazi Germany appropriation of it (the symbol rotated 45°) on the red flag is called the Hakenkreuz.
The ALP brought on this Bill only because too many people were making memes and carrying banners at protests with Dictator Daniel Andrew's face with a swastika on it. Nothing to do with broader 'Hate.' Totally to do with hatred of Dictator Dan.
Why do White migrants keep on coming here from their Traditional Land in Europe of Whites only if they hate us so?
grow press sail
locate thought level
it is 2022 and this is only happening now? What the hell have you all be doing since 1945