Overview
- Police arrested a 36-year-old at a home in Urunga on Saturday evening and charged him with knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol in public.
- The charge follows reports that a man at Bar Beach on Christmas Eve displayed an SS Schutzstaffel tattoo, which a beachgoer photographed and reported to Crime Stoppers.
- NSW Police said the Newcastle City Police District worked with Operation Shelter on the investigation.
- NSW has outlawed public display of Nazi symbols since 2022, and legal experts note the ban can cover visible tattoos under Section 93Z’s definition of a public act.
- The man was granted strict conditional bail and is due at Newcastle Local Court on January 22, 2026.