Labor broke with its own longstanding policy by imposing mandatory sentences for hate crimes — but if it did it to blunt ...

Terrorism and hate symbol offences will now carry a mandatory minimum sentence after the federal government passed new laws that are a departure from the Labor Party's national platform.

Australians convicted of displaying a terrorist symbol in public will spend at least a year in jail, under a new hate speech law passed in Parliament on Thursday.

The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia finds both sides of politics embracing measures they would otherwise abhor.

Police arrested two men after they allegedly brazenly displayed a flag featuring a swastika symbol in a busy CBD bar on the ...

The amendment to the legal framework has prompted a wave of anti-Semitic attacks that have opened a major debate in the country ...

Australia has imposed a mandatory one-year prison sentence for performing the Nazi salute as part of an effort to tackle ...

PM Albanese’s government has approved measures in the House of Representatives that will create new and bolstered hate crime offences.

Australia significantly toughened its laws against hate crimes on Thursday, adopting amendments that make prison sentences ...

A new law in Australia mandates at least one year in prison for the Roman salute. This is part of strict regulations against hate crimes. According to the Polish Press Agency, the Australian ...

A new law in Australia mandates at least one year in prison for using the Roman salute. This is part of strict regulations ...

Australian politicians passed anti-hate legislation today that enforces minimum sentences for a string of offences including ...