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Ballarat Muslims traumatised after right-wing attack on community dinner
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CurlyWurlies4All slrpnk.net CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-02-01
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A man who declared himself as "far right" allegedly threw abuse and punches at a dinner run by a Muslim community in Ballarat.

A Ballarat man who was at the dinner says the incident has left his children too traumatised to sleep in their own beds.

What's next?
Police say the man was told to move on and no charges have been laid.

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arbilp3 aussie.zone arbilp3@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-12-25
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Had a similar action happened at a Jewish event, the assailant would have been immediately arrested. Our authorities give lip-service to community cohesion but on the ground some communities 'are more equal than others'. We also need to call out how AI is being used to stir up social conflict wherever we see it.

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TheLunatickle lemmy.zip TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-06
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Quick add age verification to sleeping in your own bed, that'll protect those children!

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
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lucky for him he didn't have a climate change protests sign, they'd have shot him as a terrorist.

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Greyghoster aussie.zone Greyghoster@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-25
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I thought we have new hate speech laws. Obviously mistaken.

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