Nazi symbols to be banned - but is it enough?

Neo-Nazi protesters face-off with transgender rights supporters outside Parliament House in Melbourne in March this year Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS

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The Federal government has announced it will introduce legislation to ban the display and trade of the two most common Nazi symbols across the country, following Neo-Nazi rallies on the streets of Melbourne. But some say the proposed law does not go far enough to prevent anti-semitism.

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