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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jason Wilson

It’s no accident neo-Nazis tried to rally on Australia Day. Denialism of our dark history aids their cause

NSN United States Australia Thomas Sewell Chris Minns Police David Littleproud New South Wales
NSW police on a train at North Sydney station, where they stopped a group of men clad in black balaclavas
NSW police on a train at North Sydney station on Friday, where they stopped a group of neo-Nazi NSN members clad in black balaclavas. Photograph: Jase

Political condemnation of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network who attempted to rally three times in Sydney at the weekend was appropriate.

But other elements of the New South Wales government’s response – with the premier, Chris Minns, proposing new laws after the NSN’s rally was pre-empted by police using their existing, arguably overbroad powers of arrest – may not make for a lasting solution.

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