Hate symbols and terror offences will be punishable with mandatory jail terms ranging from one to six years in Australia, ...

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

Independent MP Allegra Spender has kicked off the first sitting week of the year by putting forward a motion condemning ...

Under the laws, anyone who is seen displaying hate symbols like saluting the Nazi way will be mandatorily imprisoned for at ...

Senators and members of parliament have returned for the first sitting week of the year. Here's what was on the agenda.

An upbeat Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has given his cheery outlook for 2025, following the traditional bipartisan church ...

Australia's toughest ever "anti-terror" laws have passed parliament, promising mandatory prison sentences for publicly ...

Australia passed anti-hate crime laws that include minimum sentences for displaying hate symbols like the Nazi salute. It ...

Also speaking to Today, Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said Wong and Rudd, as well as Prime Minister Anthony ...

The first sitting day of the year saw both houses of parliament voting unanimously to denounce antisemitism in the country.