NSW to ban public display of Nazi flags and swastikas
by Australian Associated Press from on (#5XT8A)
Bill will strengthen existing protections against vilifying conduct, attorney general says
Waving a Nazi flag or displaying memorabilia bearing swastikas will be criminalised in New South Wales, with the state government preparing laws to ban the symbol.
The attorney general, Mark Speakman, has indicated that the government is committed to introducing a bill to criminalise the public display of Nazi symbols to provide an additional safeguard to the existing protections in NSW against vilifying conduct".
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