Just days after a group performed the Nazi salute on the steps of Victoria’s state parliament at an anti-trans rights rally, a mob in Sydney attacked an LGBTQ+ protest group. Australia’s LGBTQ+ advocates say attacks on the country’s queer community are increasing – and claim that the protections offered by Australian law are lacking. Laura Murphy-Oates talks to non-binary performance artist and activist Kitty Obsidian and Guardian Australia journalist Cait Kelly about whether the country’s laws are failing to protect the queer community