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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

NSW could adopt UK-style laws to ban ‘intifada’ protest slogans. How would it work?

Palestine flags at rally
In December, two UK police forces announced they would arrest anyone chanting the words ‘globalise the intifada’ or holding a placard with the phrase on it. Now NSW laws could follow suit. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

As the Australian federal government prepares to debate a bill on hate speech following the Bondi attack, behind closed doors a New South Wales inquiry is investigating banning a specific phrase: “globalise the intifada”.

The inquiry into “measures to prohibit slogans that incite hatred” closed to public submissions on Monday after just three weeks, and will not hold any public hearings before it hands its report to the Minns government at the end of the month.

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