The Nazi swastika and other hate symbols associated with Adolf Hitler’s regime will be banned from public display and sale in Australia, under planned changes to counterterrorism laws. New criminal offences banning the display and trade of the Nazi Hakenkreuz – but not other swastikas used as religious symbols – will attract up to 12 months imprisonment, under changes expected to pass parliament this year. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wants the ban passed by parliament this year. Alex Ellinghausen Prompted by growing use by neo-Nazi and other far-right groups, the new ban will cover Nazi and Schutzstaffel, or SS, flags, armbands,...