The extinct volcano, sitting across the NSW border in the Tweed Valley, attracts tens of thousands of people every year who climb its peak to enjoy the sunrise and a view that stretches to the Pacific Ocean. Freedom of Information documents obtained from the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service show it has drawn up hitherto secret plans to close the walking track to the mountain, named by Captain Cook in 1770, from November next year. In Queensland, Indigenous elders have made it clear that they would like to see Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Beerwah in the Glasshouse Mountains and nearby Mount Coolum declared off-limits.
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Fears right wing groups breeding out of Melbourne could try on a Capitol Hill-style riot are growing amid an escalation in right-wing activity.
On Monday, police nabbed two men linked to a far right group over a shocking incident that saw a security guard allegedly bashed on a city street.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria.
The disturbing incident comes hot on the heels of increased sightings of neo-Nazi groups congregating en masse in country Victoria and in the heart of Melbourne
Detectives from Victoria Police s Counter Terrorism Command arrested Thomas Sewell, the leader of the National Socialist Network. He is pictured giving Channel 9 reporter Seb Costello the Nazi salute
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Civil rights advocates and Jewish groups are calling for state and territory leaders across Australia to follow Victoria’s lead after the state earlier this week moved towards outlawing the public display of Nazi symbols.
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday recommended the state establish a criminal offence for the public display of Swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
The Victorian government is expected to act on the recommendations - making it the first jurisdiction in Australia to do so.
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The inquiry s report noted that similar laws outlawing Nazi symbols already existed in Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Austria and France.
One terror expert says Australia's move to ban the UK-based Sonnenkrieg Division marks a "significant" step towards countering the threat posed by right-wing extremism.