Displaying or selling Nazi symbols is set to become a criminal offence in Australia, punishable by up to 12 months in prison. Other swastikas used as religious symbols are not included in the ban. 9News MORE:
Nazi symbols will be banned from public display and sale in Australia, under new counter-terrorism laws to be introduced next week.
Other swastikas used as religious symbols are not included in the ban, which is expected to pass in parliament this year.Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Australia will not profit off or glorfify the Holocaust. "And we will no longer allow people to profit from the display and sale of items which celebrate the Nazis and their evil ideology.
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