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MPs BAN NAZI SWASTIKAS
■ Victorian Parliamentarians of all persuasions joined last week to ban Nazi swastikas. Carrum MLA Sonya Kilkenny was one of the prominent speakers: “It is deeply concerning, disturbing, that acts of vilification, of violence, of hatred against a group for their religious views and beliefs is taking place in Victoria, across Australia and indeed across the world, but that is where we find ourselves,” Ms Kilkenny said. “But like any form of discrimination or vilification, prejudice, it is really difficult to reconcile these acts with the overwhelming sense of inclusion, respect for diversity and support for multiculturalism that the vast majority of Victorians engage in and are rightly proud of. “To this end, the Nazi symbol —which is a symbol of outright hatred used entirely to push an agenda of hate, of terror, of fear, of silence - has absolutely no place in Victoria’s proudly inclusive society, and on this we cannot be clearer. “And it is a good thing, it is a wonderful thing, that there is bipartisan support for the bill that is before the house. “This bill, the first of its kind in any Australian state or territory, will
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● Sonya Kilkenny, Carrum MLA: speech to Parliament create an offence in the Summary to apply to the Magistrates Court Offences Act 1966 to prohibit a per- for a warrant to enter premises to son from intentionally displaying a search and seize a Nazi symbol. “These are important reforms. Nazi symbol in a public place or in sight of a person in a public place if The Nazi symbol is perhaps the the person knows or reasonably most widely and well-recognised ought to know that the Nazi symbol symbol associated with Nazi ideolis a symbol associated with Nazi ogy, and its display without question is abhorrent. ideology. “It is harmful. It is offensive to “The bill will also give Victoria Police powers to direct a person to all members of our society but parremove a Nazi symbol from public ticularly to members of our Jewish display, and failing to do so can lead community. But as well, we know to fines, imprisonment or both. that this symbol is used to demonise “Victoria Police will also be able other groups - Aboriginal and ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH A lively community anchored in vibrant choral worship Sunday Services: 8:30 am Low Mass 10:00 am Solemn Mass 5:00 pm Evensong and Benediction (1st Sunday of the Month) Low Mass each day except Monday Defending the faith once delivered to the saints. 2 Chapel Street East St Kilda (corner Chapel St and Dandenong Rd) www.allsaints.org.au 9913 9365
Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQ+ people, people with a disability and of course other religious groups. “Hate speech and the display of a symbol of such hatred, which is categorically antisemitic - it is one designed to instil, as I have said, terror and fear - is an absolute affront to decency, to security and to democratic equality here in Victoria, and it must not be tolerated. It must not ever be tolerated, and we cannot be silent on this. “At its core you could say that this is fundamentally an issue about human rights. “So the task before us is never to talk about this in the guise of freedom of speech; this is instead considering how much value we place on security, on democratic equality and on decency and finding that balance. “And I think the answer here is pretty simple. It is pretty straightforward. It is pretty clear. The Nazi symbol embodies everything that we detest, everything that is evil in our world. It categorically speaks of a regime of fear and hatred and terror and, as I said, also of silence. So we will ban the Nazi symbol here in Victoria, because we must—and because categorically it is the right thing to do.” Ms Kilkenny said.
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