Jail for Religious Leaders Who Commit Serious Crimes; Fines or Jail for Supporting Groups Listed by Regulation as Hate Groups; Jail for Adults Who Urge People Under 18 to Use Violence
Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Topics
border control child safety criminal justice criminal penalties freedom of religion hate crimes hate groups hate speech immigration national security public safety terrorism violent extremism +8 more
Introduced by: The Hon Michelle Rowland MP (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Michelle Rowland ALP
“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. Bondi attack and antisemitism 14 December 2025 will be marked in history as one of Australia’s most horrific and most tragic. Fifteen innocent lives were lost, many more injured, and a national conscience was left forever scarred. This Thursday, 22 January, will be observed as a national day of mourning.”
Andrew Wallace LNP
“I rise to speak on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. I want to open by using that old Irish phrase ’if I wanted to get to Dublin, I wouldn’t have started here’. That sums up the government’s handling of antisemitism since 7 October 2023.”
Jerome Laxale ALP
“I rise today to speak in support of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. I do so not just as a member of this government but as a local MP who has seen at close range what hate is and what hate does to members of my community. Bennelong is one of the most multicultural electorates in the country.”
Julian Leeser LIB
“Yesterday I stood here and said that the Bondi terrorist attack represented a moment of choice—a choice about the type of country we are and the type of people we want to be, a choice about whether we stay in the political cul-de-sac that we’ve been in for over 800 days or, instead, tackle the sources and causes of antisemitism in this country, a choice about whether to continue to treat antisemit…”
Josh Burns ALP
“I listened carefully to my friend the member for Berowra’s speech on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. For all of us who have lived antisemitism over the last two years, this is an incredibly difficult moment in our country’s history and for our community. I take the words the member for Berowra said seriously.”
Dr RYAN
“The terrorist attack in Bondi on 14 December 2025 shocked our country, and it utterly traumatised the Australian Jewish community. In its wake, our country needed our leaders to stand together with resolution and unity. Instead, our leaders have largely failed us in the last four weeks.”
Ash Ambihaipahar ALP
“It is no secret that we are seeing a rise in antisemitism, hatred and extremism in this country, and, more recently, the nation experienced its darkest day, at Bondi Beach in December last year.”
Helen Haines IND
“I rise to speak to the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. The horrific attack on Jewish people celebrating in peace on 14 December ignited demands for strong and decisive action in response to this act of hate driven by violent extremism and carried out with firearms. There is much I wish to say about these reforms.”
Matt Gregg ALP
“I commend the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 to the House, knowing that we could and should have done more as an institution. We had the opportunity to stand up to hate speech and vilification, and we fell short.”
Allegra Spender IND
“I rise today to speak in support of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. These are modest changes in this bill, but they are necessary. But let us be completely honest: neither this bill nor any of the actions of the parliament to date will eradicate antisemitism or keep the Jewish community safe in the future.”
“On 14 December 2025 I was at home, having friends over for dinner. They were old schoolfriends. When we were around the table, we were breaking bread and talking about our families, our aspirations, our hopes and our dreams and sharing old memories.”
Kate Chaney IND
“Like everyone else, I’m disappointed by the short timeframes provided to engage and consult on complex and important legislation. This bill, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026, was introduced an hour ago. The committee inquiry was way too short, with the report only tabled today, and this bill will be passed tonight with debate curtailed.”
Leon Rebello LNP
“Like 9/11, we all remember where we were on 14 December last year. For me, I was at a Gold Coast Hanukkah celebration at the exact same time that the Bondi attack went down. It was a really good opportunity to have the Jewish community on the Gold Coast come together for what was supposed to be a very joyful, positive, light filled celebration.”
Ali France ALP
“I rise to speak on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026. Some of us here in this place know loss, know trauma and know grief—the grief of losing a child or a family member. We know that gut-wrenching feeling, that visceral feeling, of coming home and they are no longer there.”
Jason Wood LIB
“Islamic terrorism is nothing new. On September 11, 2001, we saw the awful events in America. Another incident was the bombing in Oklahoma by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who were two hardline white supremacists. These laws here today must target both Nazi sympathisers and Islamic extremists.”
Melissa McIntosh LIB
“Australia is one of the most successful multicultural nations in the world, and that success rests on a simple foundation: a strong, fair and orderly immigration system. Australians are generous people. We welcome migrants. We value their contribution and we are rightly proud of our multicultural society.”
Barnaby Joyce PHON
“I rise to say that we have been absolutely jammed in consideration of this. The first bill, which was part of the omnibus bill, arrived at 7.09 in the morning and was guillotined at 10.00. This bill arrived sometime later. It’s substantially different to what was in the omnibus bill, and now we’re about to be guillotined again. I might just take you to one section of it that really concerns me.”
News articles and press releases
Hizb ut-Tahrir listed as a prohibited hate group
Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs — 2026-03-06
Context: the first organisation listed under this Act's prohibited hate group framework was Hizb ut-Tahrir, announced in a ministerial media release dated 6 March 2026. The release describes it as the first listing under the new framework.
White Australia listed as a prohibited hate group
Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs — 2026-05-15
Context: the second organisation listed was the group known as White Australia, previously known as the National Socialist Network (NSN), announced in a ministerial media release dated 15 May 2026.
Listed prohibited hate groups (official list)
Australian Government, National Security website — 2026-10-31
Context: the Australian Government publishes the current list of groups listed as prohibited hate groups on its National Security website. The two groups above were the only listings we found as at 31 October 2026; the list can change, so check the official page for the current position.