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News & Current Events Apr 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM

Australian state QLD bans pro-Palestine phrase, protesters arrested

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Protesters arrested at pro-Palestine rally in Brisbane
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Protesters arrested at pro-Palestine rally in Brisbane
Protesters have been arrested for chanting and displaying a phrase banned in Queensland at a rally in Brisbane on Saturday.
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comox Apr 18, 2026 +296
From the river to the *yoink!*
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RatherBeSkiing Apr 18, 2026 +31
From the river to the see ya later!
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Lemesplain Apr 18, 2026 +4
See you in hell-o my baby, hello my darlin, hello my ragtime gal. 
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Epyr Apr 18, 2026 +78
It's almost like calling for the death and ethnic cleansing of all Jews is bad or something.
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kangarooneroo Apr 18, 2026 -27
Yeah but screaming death to arabs at every goddamn soccer game and actually doing it to the palistinian people is totally ok.
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YyyyyyYyYy-_- Apr 18, 2026 +48
Hard to break it to ya but both instances sound bad, only topped by using one instance to justify another despite knowing how bad any of them are, we shouldn‘t be making any case for any such position
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Epyr Apr 18, 2026 +43
I never said that. I also think hate speech calling for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians should be illegal
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dak4f2 Apr 18, 2026 +12
Don't forget Australia had the Bondi Beach shooting targeted at Jewish people less than half a year ago. That kind of thing isn't normal there so I'm sure that leads to different reactions than other countries because of that experience.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bondi_Beach_shooting
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Poobbly Apr 19, 2026 +2
Weird that murdering thousands of kids has backlash.
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chronoslol Apr 19, 2026 +8
Yeah dude those jewish people celebrating on a beach in australa killed thousands of kids. F****** imbecile lol
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BorikGor Apr 19, 2026 +1
Weird, that a country fighting a war against gorilla fighters that use kids a human shields, justifies in yoyr eyes killing Jews not affiliated with that country on the other side of the world. Antisemite much?
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k1netic Apr 18, 2026 +203
It would be interesting to know where all this content that gets shared on social media and influences these protests originates from
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hahajajaboing Apr 18, 2026 +71
Listnook.
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capecodcaper Apr 18, 2026 +15
This probably isn't inaccurate. This place radicalizes a lot of views
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ClosetGoblin Apr 18, 2026 +183
Iran/Russia
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DiscipleOfYeshua Apr 18, 2026 +82
Would not exclude paid Chinese bots so easily
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GH19971 Apr 18, 2026 +35
Don’t forget Qatar
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likewowser Apr 18, 2026 +1
Qatar. Iran. Moscow. Trump. It's all a game they play to divide the left.
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I_spread_love_butter Apr 18, 2026 +18
Oof this comment section lol 
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Dangerous_Muscle5409 Apr 18, 2026 +362
So one is the call for the destruction of a nation and the other is a call for terroristic attacks. In my country these slogans are illegal simply on the basis of calling for and condoning criminal acts in a manner capable of disrupting public order already being a crime. The antisemitism and incitement come on top of that.
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Loose_Skill6641 Apr 18, 2026 +282
"globalise the jihad" - protestors complaining
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fckingmiracles Apr 18, 2026 +215
Right?    It's a threat of death against a minority (Jews). How the f*** was that ever ok?  
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Miacali Apr 18, 2026 +95
Sadly, as we can see on Listnook and in other youth dominated spaces like unis, it is very much ok for these folks. This is why antisemitism is so strong now.
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Circle_Trigonist Apr 18, 2026 -4
>The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; **between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.** -Likud Party: Original Party Platform 1977
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the-corinthian Apr 18, 2026 +129
So. The comments aren't going the way you thought, huh?
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3776356272 Apr 18, 2026 +64
Despite some of the comments here, the data actually shows a clear shift in public opinion, particularly among younger generations and as demographics change. This helps explain why some governments are becoming more illiberal: it can be seen as an attempt to maintain control over the narrative in the face of these changes.
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badass_panda Apr 18, 2026 +22
> This helps explain why some governments are becoming more illiberal: it can be seen as an attempt to maintain control over the narrative in the face of these changes. Eh, no. That wasn't why governments became more illiberal 100 years ago or why they're becoming more illiberal today. New media is enabling more extreme voices and allowing folks to surround themselves with a media bubble, the world order is degrading, the economic system is under strain and populist movements are becoming more popular. Populist movements love to have a bad guy to demonize. That empowers populists on the right, and populists on the left, and becomes an excuse for anyone that feels that they represent the 'voice of the people' to start stripping away the checks and balances that protect us from devolving into illiberal societies.
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ithinkimtim Apr 18, 2026 -21
The comments on worldnews are almost always a perfect inversion of what the average person thinks. The last desperate attempt at controlling the narrative.
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drododruffin Apr 18, 2026 +14
If Listnook represented the actual average person, Trump wouldn't be president right now and Bernie would've been president at least once. But that's not the reality we live in right now, and sometimes, you have to remember that while this website is used predominantly by people in the US, it also gets a lot of traffic globally, people half way across the world from you, might not see things the same way that you do.
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emmer Apr 18, 2026 +28
*the average Listnookor
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Ecsta Apr 18, 2026 +64
All it took was 15 Jews being gunned down at the beach for the Australian government to do something.
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Stu161 Apr 18, 2026 -39
Was that the attack where a Muslim immigrant saved a bunch of Australian Jewish people's lives?
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Full-Fox-361 Apr 18, 2026 +70
You mean where people like Boris and Sofia Gurmen who gave their lives trying to fight the attackers are completely ignored because a certain group of people wants to take heat off their own people being the perpetrators of these attacks... Constantly?
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badass_panda Apr 18, 2026 +37
Being concerned about Jews being killed doesn't mean hating Muslims, dude. "Oh boy we can't talk about 15 Jews being murdered in a mass-killing focused on their Jewishness without it being about hating Muslims!"
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Top_Conference_477 Apr 18, 2026 +129
As far as an “awareness” protest movement goes, you’ve got to say you’ve failed massively when your principle achievement is a wildly popular legal crackdown on your bullshit
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 18, 2026 +15
They were adamant they had a right to protest. And they got the attention they sought. Everyone wins.
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Ultra_Metal Apr 18, 2026 +44
They have the right to protest. They do not have the right to call for violence. That is why they're being arrested.
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MajesticQ Apr 18, 2026 +45
The f*** does Australia have to do with Palestine for it to be infested with pro-Palestine protestors?
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Vegetable-Ad-1817 Apr 19, 2026 +8
Long history of migrants and refugees from places like Lebanon & Iran. To the point we have tv shows since at least the 90s with characters from those areas.
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TheProfessor_18 Apr 18, 2026 +37
White women
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PracticalYellow3 Apr 18, 2026 +8
Same problem as Seattle. 
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 18, 2026 +34
Good. We don't need this shit in any of our states.
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Nz_Kasadiya Apr 18, 2026 +17
Good. Terror chants do not belong here.
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stonertear Apr 18, 2026 +38
Good, terrorist chants. They are more than welcome to go live in Gaza. My guess is - they wont.
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thoughtsarefalse Apr 18, 2026 +83
Huh whats wrong with living in gaza? Is it under a military occupation or something?
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emmer Apr 18, 2026 +30
It’s kind of a shithole due to being governed by a literal terrorist faction that will dig up civilian pipe infrastructure to build into rockets to fire into neighboring countries, then hide among the populace in plain clothes so the inevitable counterattack gets their own people killed. It’s shocking you weren’t aware, given how you’re commenting in good faith and all.
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Unhappy-Alps5471 Apr 18, 2026 +2
Ohh.. not because it’s been bombed into oblivion then? By.. who again? And did they defeat Hamas in this at all? where the 70000 dead people worth it for you yeah?
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ShutupPussy Apr 18, 2026 +15
Embargo. Israel unilaterally pulled out of 2005
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invisible32 Apr 18, 2026 +7
Well, there are troops there *now* obviously, it's mid-war.
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Full-Fox-361 Apr 18, 2026 +11
It's the same as all its neighbors but Israel. Broke, filled with extremists, and dangerous for anyone that does not fit in with the dominant demographic 
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noodlekhan Apr 18, 2026 +2
Israel is all of those things except for broke. Uncle Sam makes sure they always have lunch money.
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Full-Fox-361 Apr 18, 2026 +5
Israel is a 600 billion dollar economy with a gdp per capita higher than most European countries. You have zero clue what you're talking about lol
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noodlekhan Apr 18, 2026 +3
All by themselves with no help along the way, right?
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Full-Fox-361 Apr 18, 2026 +3
Yup. Their currency completely collapsed for the second time in the 80s. They made massive changes that lead them to where they are today. It's why their now considered the start up nation. With more start ups per capita than anywhere else. That foreign companies buy for billions. Israelies create their own wealth. And without natural resources like oil... Which can't be said of the rest of the middle east. Nvidia at end of 2025, so 4 or months ago, announced they are opening another massive campus for 10,000 more employees. CEO of Nvidia called Israel "Nvidias second home". In Dec of 2025. Strange to say that about a country that can't support itself... Apple also opening yet another campus in Israel as well. And to top it off, Apples VP of RnD, is an Israeli Christian Arab. Born raised and educated in Israel. So much for that Israeli Jewish Supremecist c***.  So maybe you need to educate yourself before making yourself look foolish by following the anti Israel herd.
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wiseam Apr 18, 2026 +1
Yeah. Israel isnt broke!
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CrusaderAlive Apr 18, 2026 +42
Under hospital and school there are plenty tunnel
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Euphoric-Garden-1210 Apr 18, 2026 -87
What's terrorist about wanting Israel to stop bombing civilians?
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chikybrikyman Apr 18, 2026 +25
Shooting rockets from schools and hospitals at Israeli civilians every other summer.
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Desi0190 Apr 18, 2026 +25
Good! That terminology drove the Bondi Beach shooters. Gut the entire movement since it harbors literal murderers and IS members
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Ultra_Metal Apr 18, 2026 +1
Well said
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Jozarin Apr 18, 2026 +1
Are you aware that the Bondi Beach shooters would have hated Hamas because they're too secular and liberal?
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Desi0190 Apr 18, 2026 +2
They supported PIJ and IS though, both Islamic extremism groups dedicated to killing Jews and promoting violence like this any country. Hamas isn’t the only enemy in Gaza, just the most vocal
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Charming_Action_642 Apr 18, 2026 -74
There is no evidence linking the phrase to the Bondi Beach shooting.
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stonertear Apr 18, 2026 +122
The phrase globalise the intifada is widely defined as a call to violence because it invokes the history of the Second Intifada, a period characterised by suicide bombings and lethal attacks against civilians. By calling to "globalise" these tactics, the slogan is interpreted as a direct incitement to export physical conflict and target Jewish communities on a worldwide scale. Exactly what the bombers did.
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Desi0190 Apr 18, 2026 +67
And god forbid people condemn that notion it seems
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stonertear Apr 18, 2026 +72
People have no idea what they are saying and do it because the people they perceive as cool do it. They are encouraging violence.
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Desi0190 Apr 18, 2026 +48
Violence, hate and murder. All despicable
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SpitefulSeagull Apr 18, 2026 +33
Thought police out in force in the comments. This policy in insane
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TheColourOfHeartache Apr 18, 2026 +116
Yes and no. If you take a strong free speech position, banning any slogan is wrong. If you take a position that it is acceptable to ban some forms of speech, this slogan is calling for the outright destruction of a whole nation. At the most generous its calling for a policy that will result in that; and some people chanting it are naive, others relish the thought. So if, if, you support banning some speech you'll see this one targeted
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badass_panda Apr 18, 2026 +11
It depends on what your position on free speech is. If you feel that there should be no limits on free speech, sure, OK. But if you believe that directly advocating for violence is something that can be banned (as is already the case in Australia and has been since its inception), that's a harder case to make. You can't shout "fire" in a theater in Australia, you can't shout, "Hang all the politicians!" at a political rally, you can't spray paint, "Kill all Chinese," on the side of a Chinese-owned business... under the same principle, you can't say, "Ethnically cleanse all the Jews," or "Commit terror attacks against Jews everywhere, not just in Israel!" which is what these slogans mean.
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RoseyOneOne Apr 18, 2026 +79
One phrase is for the destruction of a people and a nation and the other is a call for terrorism. Why are you ok with these things from one perspective and not from the other perspective? Are you aware of what you're endorsing?
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Ultra_Metal Apr 18, 2026 +22
No it isn't. Inciting violence is illegal in most democracies.
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ShutupPussy Apr 18, 2026 +5
Hate action starts from hate thought. The attacks in Australia didn't start in a vacuum. AUS doesn't have the same blanket speech laws as the US
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xcaltoona Apr 18, 2026 +1
Oh the country that arrested a woman for kinda weird smut is repressive?
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