<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hate speech reforms aimed at fighting antisemitism, including bans on controversial slogans and symbols, have been introduced to parliament in </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reforms, announced on the weekend, ban the use of the Hamas flag and emblem, the Islamic State flag, the Hizballah emblem and Nazi symbols as well as the phrases "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The penalty for displaying terrorist symbols has been increased from six months to two years' imprisonment.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/isaac-herzog-visit-live-updates-sydney-protests-latest-news-headlines/ac0c2b2f-cd41-4a0a-abdf-ea20837c5cc3" target="_blank"><strong><span>NSW Premier defends police after 'incendiary' mass protest</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reforms also create new offences with jail terms for intimidation at places of worship.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The most serious penalty, with a maximum of seven years' imprisonment, applies for damaging a place of worship.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fourteenth of December 2025 will forever be remembered as one of our nation's darkest days," Premier David Crisafulli said, referencing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi last year as he tabled the legislation in parliament this morning.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-new-hate-speech-and-gun-reform-laws-put-to-parliament-politics-news/dcd89537-6824-4e19-b00b-aa4a68991148" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Where others have failed to act, or show leadership, we will send the strongest possible message that we don't tolerate anti-semitism in our state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For too long, the embers of hatred were allowed to burn unchecked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What happened in Bondi in December was the culmination of that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sovereign-citizen-movement-serious-threat-for-australia-lowy-institute-warns/5c4c6d74-7015-4994-bd6b-2a6e90945c9a" rel="" target="" title="Sovereign citizen movement now a 'major security threat'"><strong><span>Sovereign citizen movement now a 'major security threat'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg believes the reforms will make the Jewish community feel safer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is not only a welcome and necessary step for Jewish people, it is vital for rebuilding the confidence we have lost as hatred has run rampant," he said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reforms come amid </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pro-palestine-rally-planned-during-isaac-herzog-visit-court-challenge/c93d92d0-3917-4fe2-a0dd-71d637ca47f5" rel="" target="" title="pro-Palestine protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia"><span>pro-Palestine protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Queensland government has declined to take up the federal government's national gun buyback scheme but today also introduced mandatory mental health reporting as part of its response to the Wieambilla terrorist attack in 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Findings from an inquest into the attack, in which religious conspiracy theorists killed two police officers and a neighbour in an ambush at their regional property in Wieambilla, Queensland, were handed down late last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Professional carers will now be required by law to make a referral to Queensland Police when they assess an individual as having a higher risk of commiting violence with a weapon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reforms also strengthen the Firearm Prohibition Order scheme, which allows high-risk individuals such as extremists and members of organised crime groups, to be banned from having weapons licenses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government says the reforms will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists without unnecessarily impacting farmers and sport shooters.</span></div></div><div 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