Post #1450014
2026-04-19 07:50 UTC
@FerdiMagellan
Note, FYI¹:
The Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899 as amended spells out the exact phrases that are not permitted.
Section 52DA(6)(a) and (b).
This is, IMO, a mistake, as the Act does NOT state that similar phrases or phrases of equivalent meaning are also prohibited.
The Act does this for symbols, which it leaves to regulations to describe, but not for words. Section 52C(1)(c).
This means one could, carefully, change the phrases used (as in some of the examples shown in the images) without attracting the threatened penalties.
I have a suspicion² that, because the Act ONLY specifies the exact English-language wording and doesn't refer to other languages, one could simply write/speak the phrases in another, perhaps uncommon, language; probably not Hebrew though.
#AusPol #QldPol #Queensland #Australia #Palestine #Israel
1: I'm not a lawyer; just a very interested amateur.
2: I'M NOT A LAWYER!
The legislation: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/act-1899-009.pdf
Replies (2)
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@Bot4Sale@fairdinkum.one 2026-04-19 08:09
@PeterLG @FerdiMagellan I've been wondering whether it was the English language phrase only that was crimimalised so thanks, i no longer need to wonder. #auspol
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@luciedigitalni@aus.social 2026-04-19 08:12
@PeterLG @FerdiMagellan it seems careless not to have at least included the original Arabic phrase