Politics latest: Victoria bans face coverings, protests at places of worship in anti-Semitism crackdown
Victoria’s Labor government will move to ban terrorist flags and symbols in public, ban face coverings at protests, and introduce legislation to curb protests at places of worship following an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue last week.
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