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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