Neo-Nazi group White Australia banned for promoting hate
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The news: The Albanese Government has banned White Australia, a neo-Nazi organisation previously known as the National Socialist Network (NSN), declaring it a prohibited hate group under the Criminal Code.
The context: Following last January’s Bondi massacre, the government introduced a new prohibited listing protocol aimed at cracking down on the activities of groups that promoted violence or hatred.
Speaking in Canberra on Friday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said ASIO advised him in April that White Australia had met the threshold for listingas its activities could promote violence.
Burke said he listed the group after consulting Attorney-General Michelle Rowland and the federal opposition.
The listing means anyone supporting, funding, training, recruiting for, joining or directing the organisation would be committing an offence worth up to 15 years’ jail.
White Australia is the second group to be banned following the listing of Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir in March.
What they said: “Members of ‘White Australia’ try to hide their identities in public, but nothing will shield these individuals from consequence if they continue their campaign against modern Australia,” Burke said.
“This listing sends the message that there is no place for racial supremacy in Australia. We are a country that judges people because of who they are, not where they come from,” he said.
“Under Australian law, they are now a banned organisation.”
The source: Tony Burke media conference
