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am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/hate-speech-bill-criticised/"> Hate speech bill criticised </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/hate-speech-bill-criticised/">The legislation seeks to expand anti-vilification laws and make incitement of hatred or physical threats a criminal offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in jail.</a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Sharyn Kolieb" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/sharyn-kolieb/">Sharyn Kolieb</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/shule-protests-symbols-masks-to-be-banned/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0629-Noami-Levin-Adass-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="17-12-24 Naomi Levin, CEO of JCCV speaking outside Adass after Premier Jacinta Allan's announce,ment of new laws to curb hate and anti-semitism. Photo: Peter Haskin" decoding="async" title="17-12-24 Naomi Levin, CEO of JCCV speaking outside Adass after Premier Jacinta Allan's announce,ment of new laws to curb hate and anti-semitism. Photo: Peter Haskin" /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">December 17, 2024, 3:28 pm</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/shule-protests-symbols-masks-to-be-banned/"> Shule protests, symbols, masks to be banned </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/shule-protests-symbols-masks-to-be-banned/">Long-awaited measures against rampant antisemitism in Victoria have been welcomed by Jewish organisations.</a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-community-rallies-in-solidarity/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2024/12/A40I0059-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Around 1000 people gathered in Ripponlea across the road from the fire-bombed Adass synagogue in a show of solidarity. Photo: Peter Haskin" decoding="async" title="Around 1000 people gathered in Ripponlea across the road from the fire-bombed Adass synagogue in a show of solidarity. 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