Anti-semitism
Mr SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (09:47): Today I renew my calls to have the Nazi swastika banned in Victoria. Only a few weeks ago we saw a horrific attack at the AJAX football and cricket club in Albert Park, where we saw a swastika painted on the clubrooms, writing saying ‘Abo land not kike land’ and writing saying ‘Nazi Jews’. This is simply unacceptable. I want to commend the clubs—Ronnie Lewis from the AJAX football club and Ian Jones from the Maccabi Ajax Cricket Club—and Dvir Abramovich from the Anti-Defamation Commission, which came swiftly into action to ensure that the clubs were supported and so were the members. I want to shout out particularly to the Beaumaris Football Club and the Caulfield Grammarians, who showed acts of solidarity in their clubs and their matches, standing with the Jewish community during this really, really tough time. I also want to thank VAFA, the Victorian Amateur Football Association, for also standing up against these anti-Semitic attacks. It is not good enough. We must have the Nazi swastika banned in Victoria. I know that is something we are working with the Attorney-General for, and I look forward to seeing it come before the house. I also would like to see the Greens come out in support of the swastika being banned. We saw the horrific comments from Julian Burnside the other day—absolutely appalling—comparing the Holocaust with the way Palestinians are treated in Israel. It is completely appalling and unacceptable, and the Greens should call this out.