‘No place in Australia’: Burke adds ‘neo-Nazis’ to proscribed hate group list
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The federal government has banned a neo-Nazi group, formerly known as the National Socialist Network (NSN), adding it to the prohibited hate group list.
Under hate group laws introduced after the Bondi Beach terror attack, a new legal framework was established that allows the home affairs minister to ban groups found to be engaging in or advocating hate crimes based on race, nationality or ethnic origin.
The NSN, Australia’s most prominent white supremacist group, announced in January this year that it was disbanding in its entirety in response to the legislation, along with its “co-projects” White Australia, the White Australia Party and the European Australian Movement.
On Friday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said a strict process had taken place, initiated by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, with the initial threshold for further investigation met in late April.
“Today, the organisation that would be colloquially known as the neo-Nazis, but it’s gone through different names — the European Australian movement, the National Socialist Network, and White Australia — has been listed as the second prohibited hate group under the changes that were made to the criminal code,” he said.
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