"The premier, David Crisafulli, announced the proposed laws on Sunday, ahead of their introduction to parliament on Tuesday, describing them as a direct response to the Bondi terror attack, in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukah celebration. The legislation includes a new offence prohibiting the public distribution, publication, display or recitation of proscribed phrases, where the conduct is intended to cause menace, harassment or offence."
"The attorney general, Deb Frecklington, confirmed globalise the intifada and from the river to the sea would be included as proscribed phrases. These sayings have no place in Queensland, when they are used to incite hatred, offence and menace, she said. In New South Wales, a parliamentary inquiry last month recommended banning the phrase globalise the intifada when it is used to incite hatred, harassment, intimidation or violence."
Queensland could become the first Australian state to outlaw the phrase 'from the river to the sea' under proposed hate speech reforms. The premier said the laws respond to the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people during a Hanukah celebration. The legislation would create an offence for publicly distributing, publishing, displaying or reciting proscribed phrases intended to cause menace, harassment or offence. The attorney general confirmed 'globalise the intifada' and 'from the river to the sea' would be proscribed. 'Intifada' refers to uprisings; supporters frame the phrases as calls for Palestinian rights, while critics and many in the Jewish community view some slogans as calls to violence against Israel.
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