Victoria has brought forward new laws to criminalise the public display of the Nazi swastika by six months. The state has become the first Australian jurisdiction to ban the hate symbol after parliament passed a bill on Tuesday evening with bipartisan support. A Nazi flag flying over a home in the Victorian town of Beulah in 2020. Anyone who intentionally displays the swastika symbol could face 12 months in prison and a fine of about $22,000 when the legislation comes into effect in six months’ time. The government says it has brought forward the date when the legislation will come...