WARNING - STRONG LANGUAGE Members of the far right neo-Nazi group that descended on a Victorian beauty spot last week burning crosses and chanting racist slogans have whinged that they are the ones that have suffered in a series of perplexing social media posts. The self-proclaimed racist white men of the National Socialist Network, based in Melbourne, also bragged about how police were unable to prevent their jaunt to the Grampians region of western Victoria. So far right is the group, it has slammed the notorious US Proud Boys gang as soft and praised the brave men who stormed the US Capitol building.
Richardson made dozens of recommendations for how such a new Act should work, and 203 recommendations in total.
It took an entire year for the government to respond, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic s impact on business, but eventually, in its formal response of December 2020, it agreed that such a reform was needed.
Indeed, the government agreed, or agreed in principle, to the vast majority of Richardson s unclassified recommendations. The central area for reform is a new electronic surveillance Act, which will be a new landmark in Australia s national intelligence legislation, the government wrote. A new electronic surveillance Act will be generational in its impact. This legislation will require careful and detailed consideration, with extensive public consultation, to establish a framework that will support Australia s intelligence collection and law enforcement agencies in the years to come.
SYDNEY - Campaigners are calling for a white supremacist group that allegedly burned a cross in the Australian state of Victoria to be prescribed as a terrorist organization. Campers have described seeing a group of 30 masked men displaying swastikas and chanting racist slogans.
Images online show a group of bare-chested men wearing balaclavas standing next to a burning cross. The pictures are believed to have been taken during the Australia Day public holiday earlier this month.
The men are thought to belong to the National Socialist Network, a small white supremacist neo-Nazi organization with members in most major Australian cities.
Holocaust museum opening in Canberra amid concerns of right-wing extremism, antisemitism Newshub 28/01/2021
By Asha Abdi.
A holocaust museum has received funding in Canberra in an effort to combat a rise in right-wing extremism and antisemitism.
Australian federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a $750,000 grant to establish the museum and education centre on Wednesday.
Frydenberg says antisemitism and extremism in Australia is escalating after supporters of the white supremacist group Proud Boys clashed with Australia Day protesters. We ve seen antisemitic acts on the rise against kids in Victorian schools including, tragically, kids as young as five, he told Melbourne radio station 3AW.