Anti-Semitism envoy calls for protest restrictions and visa checks
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 01:09 · Archive
Australia's special envoy on anti-Semitism has recommended protest exclusion zones, face-covering bans and stricter visa checks.
Australia's special envoy on anti-Semitism, Jillian Segal, has published updated priorities to combat discrimination against Jewish people. The recommendations include protest exclusion zones, bans on identity-concealing clothing and stricter visa checks. Ms Segal said it is 'neither draconian nor anti-democratic' to set proportionate time, place and manner limitations on protests to protect others' rights to participate freely in public life.
Victoria has already granted police powers to remove face coverings from protesters, whilst NSW has introduced laws to restrict certain protests deemed unconstitutional. Ms Segal is calling for these measures to be implemented nationwide.
The recommendations come weeks before the first anniversary of a December 14 terror attack at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach in Sydney that killed 15 people and prompted the special envoy inquiry. Ms Segal said anti-Semitism 'does not begin with violence' but 'starts with words, and it grows when hatred is excused', adding that the attack exposed 'with devastating clarity' the connection between normalisation of anti-Semitism in institutions and public discourse and the threat of violence. She noted that in the past year 'real inroads' had been made in identifying and addressing anti-Semitism.
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- Anti-Semitism special envoy recommends tough new measures in discrimination fightThe special envoy into anti-Semitism in Australia has pitched a raft of tough new measures to fight hate on the streets.The West Australian · 30 Oct, 00:44
- Anti-Semitism special envoy recommends tough new measures in discrimination fightThe special envoy into anti-Semitism in Australia has pitched a raft of tough new measures to fight hate on the streets.Perth Now · 30 Oct, 00:44
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