Peter Dutton proposes criminalisation of Nazi symbols after Tuesday’s question time stoush

Opposition leader Peter Dutton called on parliament to ‘stamp out a repugnant practice’ as he tried to put forward a bill to ban Nazi symbols federally. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Peter Dutton has proposed a federal ban on Nazi symbols as the Coalition takes up Labor’s challenge to condemn Nazi glorification, but deflects calls to back the expulsion of Victorian MP Moira Deeming.

On Wednesday morning the Coalition unsuccessfully attempted to suspend standing orders to move a private member’s bill to criminalise Nazi symbols, as states, including Victoria and New South Wales, have done.