Sydney mayors meet in Bondi to discuss social cohesion as NSW targets hate crimes and antisemitism

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More than 20 mayors from across Sydney gathered in Bondi today to discuss ways to improve social cohesion. It comes as the New South Wales government unveils changes to laws targeting hate crimes and antisemitism.

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00:00Over 20 Sydney mayors have gathered in Bondi today to discuss social cohesion and ways

00:07to unify different communities across Sydney.

00:11Now mayors from different councils and political beliefs have all said that they agree on one

00:15thing and that's respect between different faiths and cultures.

00:20Just today the New South Wales government has revealed proposed hate speech legislation

00:25and that's in response to the vandalism that we've been seeing outside synagogues in particular.

00:32People found guilty of carrying out anti-semitic attacks could find themselves behind bars

00:37for up to two years.

00:39At a press conference today three mayors from different faiths and backgrounds all said

00:45that these sorts of attacks were unacceptable but so are attacks on people of different

00:50faiths and communities.

00:52Now to create unity the mayors have said at a local government level they will be creating

00:57social cohesion programs and encouraging people from different parts of Sydney to come together.

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