Dayne Brajkovich’s tattooist can start shopping for a holiday home, if they’re not already rich off the former Hells Angels’ ink habit.
Brajkovich, who dodged jail under WA’s anti-insignia charges this week, will soon be more full of pricks than a Noosa park after the State Government signalled it planned to ban the swastika.
That presumably means Brajkovich faces a date with a tattoo needle to remove or cover the swastika inked on his chin just last year. At the time he was busy covering up (illegal) gang tattoos while adding a (legal) swastika but, as the great 20th century philosopher Ferris Bueller once said, life moves pretty fast.
Nobody could accuse the Government of rushing this, given World War II ended 78 years ago and the abhorrence of the Nazi regime has been known for decades to all except NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet when he dressed as a Nazi for his 21st party.
The ban has been discussed before, but may have been triggered by the swastika spray-painted on an outdoor advertisement for Hillarys Labor MP Caitlin Collins last week, along with a word better suited to describing a female dog or a singer-songwriter Meredith Brooks biography.
The legislation should make it to Parliament this year and will see WA follow much of Australia and other countries, including Germany, where the swastika is about as welcome as Brajkovich at a Hells Angels barbie.
Read the article by Kate Emery in The West Australian.