Overview
- About 60 to 70 members of the National Socialist Network, using the White Australia name, rallied outside NSW Parliament with a banner reading “Abolish the Jewish Lobby” and chanted Nazi slogans.
- Uniformed officers monitored the 10–20 minute gathering without dispersing it after local command treated the protest as an authorised assembly under the Summary Offences Act.
- Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said he was not briefed due to an internal communication error and ordered a review of the command‑level decision to allow the rally.
- NSW Police are examining footage to assess possible offences under new laws that criminalise public incitement of racial hatred, with charges to be pursued if evidence supports them.
- Premier Chris Minns condemned the rally and signalled likely moves to expand police powers, while Jewish groups and civil liberties voices pressed for accountability and careful use of existing laws.