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.

Federal Parliament has passed what the government calls Australia’s toughest laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Labor ...

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

The PM will today announce a huge funding boost for Indigenous communities in the top end, and Donald Trump has doubled down ...

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 ...

Australia has passed tough laws to tackle hate crimes, after a spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. The new ...

A wave of antisemitic attacks has roiled Australia, with a dozen arrests for vandalizing or setting homes, schools, and ...