US EditionThe Questions that Remain After Neo-Nazis Rallied Outside Parliament
The rally was authorized as police did not object within seven days, with over 60 attendees monitored amid new NSW laws against public incitement of hatred.
- On Saturday, police deemed a neo‑Nazi assembly outside New South Wales parliament authorised after more than 60 people attended and uniformed police monitored protesters calling for the Jewish lobby to be abolished.
- Organisers submitted a Form 1 on October 28, providing required details, and by law the protest is authorised if police do not object within seven days under the Summary Offences Act.
- Police are reviewing footage to determine offences under section 93Z after August 15 laws took effect, and Lanyon said `The police area command needs to make an assessment on what's on the Form 1`.
- NSW Premier Chris Minns called the scenes "distressing" and said government lawyers see scope to give police more powers, while the Opposition condemned the rally as "not legitimate free speech but a calculated act of hate" and Leader Mark Speakman called it a "new low".
- Last month the Australian Federal Police said it feared the National Socialist Network may form a political party and set up national security teams to monitor such groups, while community leaders urged stronger tools to disrupt violent extremists.
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