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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Was the neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament legal? Could police have stopped it?

NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon
Commissioner Mal Lanyon says police allowed the protest but neither he nor the premier knew about it. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Neo-Nazis gathered outside the New South Wales parliament on Saturday, with black-clad men holding an anti-Jewish lobby banner and chanting a Hitler Youth slogan.

In the aftermath, politicians, activists and Jewish groups have been left shocked. The NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, has said that while police had allowed the protest, neither he nor the NSW premier knew it was taking place, and blamed a breakdown in communication.

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