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ACT Policing has charged three teenagers after they allegedly drew Nazi symbols in a shopping centre bathroom.
On the evening of Thursday 19 June (2025), police were called to a bathroom at the South.Point shopping centre after graffiti depicting prohibited Nazi symbols was discovered.
Police located 18 Nazi Hakenkreuz symbols and three references to Adolf Hitler drawn on the walls of the bathroom.
Following an investigation by officers from Tuggeranong Police Station, police charged a 16-year-old boy, 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old woman each with the Commonwealth offence of cause Nazi symbol to be displayed. This offence carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
The 17-year-old and 18-year-old were also charged with trespass and defacing public property.
The 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old woman – who was underage at the time of the alleged offending - faced the ACT Childrens court on Monday (11 August 2025), while the 16-year-old boy is expected to face the ACT Childrens Court on 3 November (2025).
The display of prohibited symbols is an offence and will not be tolerated by ACT Policing. Anyone in the community with information about the display of prohibited symbols is encouraged to make a report to police.