Hate symbols and terrorist crimes will be punished with mandatory prison periods ranging from one to six years in Australia, after Parliament approved a series of amendments to the laws of hatred on Thursday.
The new laws were issued after a wave of anti -Semitic attacks that have become a major topic of discussion in the country.
The government described the amendments as “the most difficult laws that Australia has ever was against hate crimes.”
But critics say that the ruling Labor Party is moving to the opposition's demands and facing its own policy of opposing the mandatory prison sentences.
Under amendments, the display of hate symbols or the performance of Nazi salute with a prison for at least one year is punished.
Other sanctions include at least three years to finance terrorism and six years to commit terrorist acts.
There have been many attacks on Jewish targets in Australia in recent months.
Last week, powers in Sydney I found a convoy It contains explosives and anti -Semitic note.
The discovery came just one week after the Children's Care Center near a Jewish school and the seed in Sydney Kan rake Writing on anti -Semitic walls was seen on one of its walls.
In December, he was a church in Melbourne Go with the worshipers inside. Nobody was seriously harmful to the accident, which sent shock waves across the country.
Former Senator Kim Carr criticized the party for what he said was “a clear violation of the national platform of the Labor Party.”
The Labor Party opposes mandatory rulings on the basis that such sanctions do not reduce crime, and undermine the independence of the courts and are often discriminatory in practice.
But the opposition parties did not push to welcome the new amendments as well, accusing the withdrawal of their feet.
“Parliament is not behaving today because of the resolution of the Labor Party,” Liberal Senator James Patterson told reporters in Canberra.
“The Prime Minister has dragged kicks and screaming to provide difficult legislation that would ensure real sanctions of this behavior.”
The Nazi greeting was prohibited and the display of Nazi symbols, such as the swinging cross, since January 2024, and up to a year in prison. Thursday modifications make imprisonment mandatory.
“This is not related to politics,” said Minister of Internal Affairs Tony Burke on Wednesday evening.
“This relates to whether the Australian parliament believes it is acceptable to defend, threaten or commit violence against another person because of those who are, who prayed or who love him.”
