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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter

Neo-Nazi groups should be treated like criminal gangs to combat ‘hate-fuelled thuggery’, peak Jewish group says

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell at the March for Australia anti-immigration rally on 31 August
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell at the March for Australia anti-immigration rally on 31 August. Victoria police on Tuesday charged him with multiple offences after an alleged attack at Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

Australia’s peak Jewish group has called for criminal gang laws to be used as a template for a police crackdown on neo-Nazis, warning extremist groups will increase if allowed to flourish unchecked.

An alleged attack by the National Socialist Network on an Indigenous encampment in Melbourne after the anti-immigration March for Australia rally has reignited debate over Australia’s approach to tackling extremist groups.

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