Australia: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

The Supreme Court of New South Wales recently refused to impose strict post-release supervision on a young man convicted of vandalism and arson, finding that his anti-Israel graffiti constituted political expression rather than antisemitic hate speech. This landmark judgment clarifies the legal boundaries between criticism of a foreign state and racial or religious hatred, while rejecting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism as too imprecise for Australian la

The new legislative amendments broaden the reach of laws fighting money laundering and covert financing of terrorism.

New law address racially motivated hate speech and antisemitic conduct that have been prevalent in the community.