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   Nanny Land  wrote   
      
   > CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government plans legislation to   
   > ban   
   > swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-   
   > right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday.   
      
   > While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal   
   > law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, Dreyfus   
   > said.   
      
   No federal govt gets to do that.   
      
   > “There’s been a rise in this kind of violent far right activity. We think   
   > it’s time for there to be a federal law which I’ll be bringing to the   
   > Parliament next week,” Dreyfus told Nine Network television.   
      
   > We’ve got responsibility for import and export. We want to see an end to   
   > trading in this kind of memorabilia or any items which bear those Nazi   
   > symbols,” Dreyfus said. “There’s no place in Australia for spreading of   
   > hatred and violence.”   
      
   > The Labor Party government controls the House of Representatives but not   
   > the Senate, and it’s unclear when a ban might pass or take effect. The   
   > law   
   > would include a penalty for people displaying Nazi symbols of up to a   
   > year   
   > in prison.   
      
   > Displaying symbols for religious, educational or artistic purposes would   
   > be among a range of exclusions from the ban. It will not affect the use   
   > of   
   > the swastika for people observing Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.   
      
   So is just more mindless virtue signalling.   
      
   > Dreyfus, who is Jewish, said the number of neo-Nazis was small, but the   
   > main domestic spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence   
   > Organization, had raised concerns about their activity in the past three   
   > years.   
      
   > “This is a very small number of people. I’m hoping it’s getting small   
   and   
   > it will eventually disappear,” he told Australian Broadcasting Corp.   
      
   Fat chance.   
      
   > https://apnews.com/article/swastikas-australia-nazi-symbols-   
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