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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Mandatory jail term for Nazi salute under new hate crime rules in Australia

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese - (EPA)

Australia on Thursday passed anti-hate crime laws under which a Nazi salute in public, among other similar offences, will be punishable by a mandatory jail sentence.

The laws were passed in an effort to tackle a wave of high-profile antisemitic attacks targeting Jews in Australia in the wake of Israel's war on Gaza.

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