Ban on Symbols for Prohibited Organisations and New Laws for State-Sponsored Terrorism

Crimes Amendment (Prohibited Organisation Symbols) Bill 2026

1st House

2nd House

Law

This bill was sponsored by Michael Daley (ALP)

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

the offence of displaying prohibited organisation symbols now applies to any prohibited organisation — not only those officially designated as terrorist organisations
police can direct a person they reasonably suspect of displaying a prohibited symbol to stop doing so, and failure to comply is an offence
the offence is tried in the Local Court (summarily) unless the prosecution elects to take it to a higher court
NSW counter-terrorism laws are extended to cover state sponsors of terrorism and state terrorist acts, as newly defined in Commonwealth law

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