By PADRAIG COLLINS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 23:01 GMT, 6 February 2025 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 6 February 2025

Two men have been charged after a flag allegedly displaying a Nazi symbol was waved just 150metres from the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Police were called to Darlo Bar on Liverpool Street, Kings Cross, about 4.30pm on Thursday after reports a man was displaying a flag with a swastika symbol on it. 

A short time later the 51-year-old man and another man, aged 44, were arrested nearby and taken to Kings Cross Police Station.

The flag and several electronic devices were seized.

Both men have been charged with knowingly display by public act Nazi symbol without excuse and were refused bail. 

They are scheduled to appear before Downing Centre Local Court on Friday 7. If convicted, they face a maximum of one year in prison and an $11,000 fine.

Dr Dvir Abramovich, chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, said ‘neo-Nazi hatred continues to lurk in the shadows, waiting for any opportunity to strike’. 

‘The Sydney Jewish Museum stands as a fortress of memory, a beacon of light against the darkness of history,’ he told Daily Mail Australia on Friday. 

Two men have been charged after a flag allegedly containing a Nazi symbol was displayed just 150metres from the Sydney Jewish Museum (pictured)

The police were called to Darlo Bar on Liverpool Street, Kings Cross (pictured) at around 4.30pm on Thursday after receiving reports about the offensive flag

The police were called to Darlo Bar on Liverpool Street, Kings Cross (pictured) at around 4.30pm on Thursday after receiving reports about the offensive flag

The arrests come after a series of escalating attacks on Jewish communities, including the spraying of more than a dozen swastikas on a Sydney synagogue.

NSW Premier Chris Minns is set to introduce legislation to strengthen hate speech laws once state parliament resumes after its summer break. 

These will include the creation of a new criminal offence for intentionally inciting racial hatred, further protections for places of worship and changing existing laws to create an aggravated offence for graffiti on these sites.

‘Premier Minns’ announcement of stronger hate speech laws is a step in the right direction,’ Dr Abramovich said. 

‘These laws must be enforced with the full weight of our justice system, and those who dare to glorify hate must be met with the harshest penalties available.  

‘Anything less would be a betrayal of our values.’

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Police swoop on two men after they allegedly displayed a swastika flag just metres from a Jewish museum

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