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The Proposed Ban of the Swastika in Victoria

by | May 19, 2022 | Blog

The proposed Victorian ban on displaying the swastika in public is not simple and straight forward. The Nazi symbol is certainly offensive but that the laws banning it should, as discussed in the attached press release from Liberty, Victoria be appropriate and...
We pay our respects to elders past and present, and acknowledge the history of the lands we stand, work and live on, noting that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded, and that colonisation continues. Read more…
The AJDS formally acknowledges that we, as an organisation, have members who live and work on the land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, owners of the Melbourne region. We also have active members in other parts of Australia, all of whom reside on Aboriginal land