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South African Man Who Attended Neo-Nazi Demonstration Booted Out of Australia

  • Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced on Monday he had cancelled the visa of South African-born Matthew Gruter.
  • On November 8, Matthew Gruter was photographed standing in the front row of a National Socialist Network-organised protest, where demonstrators displayed a banner calling to abolish a Jewish lobby and chanted slogans associated with the Hitler Youth.
  • Social media posts indicate Matthew Gruter entered on a sponsored visa in 2022 with his wife, an influencer, working as a civil engineer linked to Aurecon, engineering and design firm.
  • The government ordered his deportation back to South Africa, with Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, saying `If you are on a visa, you are a guest. If you're a citizen, you're a full member of the Australian family`.
  • Following the incident, Simon Draper warned the state's approximately 460,000 public servants that publicly expressing Nazi or white supremacist views could lead to termination, while Sydney Trains stood down Cooper Stephens and Premier Chris Minns flagged hate-speech law changes.
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Pearls and Irritations broke the news in on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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