Overview
- Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke cancelled Matthew Gruter’s visa after his role in the early-November rally outside NSW Parliament organised by the National Socialist Network.
- Gruter has been taken into immigration detention and is set to be deported to South Africa, according to subsequent reporting.
- NSW Police say the demonstration was lawfully authorised under the form 1 process, with the commissioner attributing a failure to brief leaders to a communication error.
- Premier Chris Minns has ordered reviews of police handling and signalled imminent changes to hate-speech and protest laws.
- Employers and agencies have begun disciplinary steps against identified participants, including a Transport for NSW worker stood down and Aurecon reviewing Gruter’s status.