Overview
- About 60 members of the National Socialist Network assembled outside NSW Parliament with a banner reading "Abolish the Jewish Lobby" and chanted the Hitler Youth slogan "blood and honour" after filing an unopposed Form 1 under the name White Australia.
- Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell was told of the rally five days in advance but did not brief Commissioner Mal Lanyon and has apologised, with NSW Police reviewing footage and confirming no charges as of Tuesday.
- Premier Chris Minns and Attorney-General Michael Daley are moving to expand hate-speech laws to capture Nazi chants and to reintroduce targeted move-on powers near places of worship following a recent court ruling against broader provisions.
- Legal experts say police could have tested existing powers by seeking a Supreme Court prohibition order, contradicting police assertions that there were no grounds to oppose the authorised assembly.
- The opposition plans to revive measures to ban non‑religious face coverings and shift protest costs to organisers, while ASIO chief Mike Burgess warns the NSN’s rhetoric risks prompting spontaneous violence as figures linked to the group pursue a 'White Australia' party registration.