"NSW will outlaw the display of terrorist symbols, such as those of Islamic State and Hamas, and ban hate speech, including the phrase globalise the intifada. The state government on Saturday unveiled a proposed crackdown on hate speech and hate symbols in the wake of the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people. The state will also give police greater powers to ask someone suspected of committing an offence to remove their face coverings during demonstrations."
"If we're not going to have a royal commission into this, when would you use the powers of that extraordinary provision in our act? he said. He said the government will examine additional measures to further clamp down on hateful slogans, which he said would make a major difference for the state. I will insist that globalise the intifada' is included in that list of hateful, violent rhetoric in New South Wales, Minns said."
NSW will outlaw public display of terrorist symbols, including Islamic State and Hamas emblems, and ban hate speech phrases such as 'globalise the intifada'. The government plans a crackdown on hate symbols and slogans following the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people. Police will receive increased powers to require removal of face coverings during demonstrations. Officials have received advice that the targeted phrase already breaches existing hate speech laws; new legislation will make that explicit. The government will examine further measures to clamp down on hateful rhetoric and parliament will consider tougher gun and protest laws.
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