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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

Former Australian neo-Nazi group member who owned 16 guns appeals loss of firearms licence

Stock image showing Queensland police uniform worn by an officer whose head is not visible
Police found 16 firearms at the property of former neo-Nazi group member Joshua Ryan Hoath, along with ‘a number of items of interest’ including ‘not one, but two copies of Mein Kampf’, tribunal heard. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A former member of the Australian neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network is appealing a police decision to revoke his weapons licence, on the grounds it infringes his right to freedom of political communication.

The Queensland civil and administrative tribunal is hearing an application by Joshua Ryan Hoath, 27, to have the licence reinstated. Hoath has argued that his “political views, activities, or communications” should not have been considered by police.

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