The Government of Australia strengthened its opposition to hate crimes by enacting a set of strict laws that impose strict jail sentences both for terrorism offenses as well as public demonstrations of hate symbols while antisemitic events reached new heights. The laws whichAustralia’s parliament approved on Thursday contain attributes such as twelve-month jail sanctions for minimal offenses involving public Nazi salutes and six-year terms dedicated to terrorist acts of hate.
At the start Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected mandatory sentencing rules but shifted his position to support holding people accountable. He declared to Sky News that antisemitic activists need to undergo prosecution which should lead to time behind bars. The law was originally proposed during the previous year and prohibits attacks and dangerous behavior targeting races or religious groups and gender identities and multiple other protected population groups.
Jewish communities in Sydney became the targets of antisemitic violence through vandalism and arson which included discovery of explosives embedded within a caravan. New South Wales dedicated hotspot for such incidents has committed to adopt existing strict hate speech regulations from Western Australia and Victoria. 
Critics from the center-right opposition coalition accused Prime Minister Albanese of gentle crime handling when the government made its recent move. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke supported the new amendments under the title of “the toughest hate crime deterrent Australia has ever enacted.”
The nation faces increasing intolerance so new laws were created to prevent hate-motivated violence while shielding vulnerable groups.
