First Charges Under Queensland’s New Anti-Semitism Laws

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First Charges Emerges From Queensland’s New Anti-Semitism Laws

A statue of Lady Justice holding the scales of justice, outside the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law in Brisbane, Australia. Chris Olszewski, Creative Commons Licence via Wikimedia

Queensland police has laid the first charges under the state’s new anti-Semitism laws, passed by parliament on March 5 following a wave of security concerns after the Bondi terrorist attack in December.

The laws ban chants such as “from the river to the sea” and “globalise the intifada,” and introduces penalties for displaying or using certain extremist symbols and expressions.

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