Crime Point-in-Time Service Updates
Thursday 20 February 2025 @ 11.30 a.m.
The Crime Point-in-Time Service has been updated to include the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Act 2025 (Cth) (Act No 1 of 2025).
Act 1 of 2025
The Act aims to enhance Australia’s legislative framework to combat hate crimes and promote community respect and understanding. The Act includes amendments to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) to:
- strengthen the urging violence offences in sections 80.2A and 80.2B to reduce the fault element to recklessness, protect an expanded list of targeted groups, and disapply the good faith defence;
- amend the public display of prohibited hate symbols offences in sections 80.2H, 80.2HA and 80.2K to protect an expanded list of targeted groups; and
- insert new criminal offences in Division 80 for threatening force or violence against targeted groups and members of targeted groups. .
These amendments have been updated in the Point-in-Time Crime Service current to 20 February 2025. (NB: Subscription required).
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