Victoria is on track to become the first Australian state or territory to outlaw the Nazi swastika, with a renowned anti-hate activist hailing the proposal as "historic." It will be illegal to willfully exhibit the Nazi swastika, commonly known as the Hakenkreuz, in public under the Summary Offences Amendment (Nazi Symbol Prohibition) Bill 2022. Once the Act takes effect, violating it may result in fines of about $22,000, a year in prison, or both. Attorney General Jaclyn Symes said the groundbreaking reform will make it absolutely clear that Nazi and neo-Nazi ideas have no place in Victoria when she announced...
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