Who is behind the March for Australia protests?<\/a><\/p>\nAn ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found organisers linked to the March for Australia protests sharing white supremacy posts on social media and, in one case, pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler memes.<\/p>\n
Asked if Australians who continued to attend rallies organised by people linked to the banned group could be in breach of hate laws, Mr Burke said they would be taking a “risk” even if they did not realise who was behind the event.<\/p>\n
“The criminal threshold will be determined on the facts, but the simple thing would be if anyone who associated with any organisation of this nature, they’re taking a risk \u2026 and they need to be aware of the potential criminal offences that they’d be dealing with.”<\/p>\n
Mr Burke said the Neo-Nazis had “gone after almost every different group you can imagine” in Australia.<\/p>\n
“Whether people are Jewish, Muslim, whether people are of Asian heritage, whether they are First Nations, they engaged in a series of examples of bigotry, all of which fit with their white supremacist ideology,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It has been made clear today that under Australian law they are now a banned organisation.”<\/p>\n
Neo-Nazis can’t avoid ban by changing name<\/p>\n
When Labor first announced laws intended to capture groups described by intelligence agencies as “lawful but awful,” the Neo-Nazi group known as NSN announced it would disband to avoid being listed as a hate group.<\/p>\n
But Mr Burke said “phoenixing” \u2014 continuing the same activities under a different name \u2014 would be swiftly dealt with by the government.<\/p>\n
“Once an organisation has been listed, then if they try to reform under a new name, effectively it’s a simple regulation change [to list the new name],” he said.<\/p>\n
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A National Socialist Network sticker on a pole in Hobart. (Supplied)<\/p>\n
Mr Burke said ASIO had initiated the listing on the basis the Neo-Nazi group was “engaged in behaviour that increase risks of violence”.<\/p>\n
The organisation also met the government’s threshold of advocating for or engaging in “hate crimes”.<\/p>\n
Coalition backs listing of hate group<\/p>\n
The opposition was briefed on the advice and has supported the listing, with Shadow Home Affairs Minister Jonno Duniam describing it as a “welcome development”.<\/p>\n
“Let’s be absolutely clear, the modus operandi of these Neo-Nazis is to destroy the Australian way of life,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Our message to them is that your ideology of hate has no place in our society and that if your criminal organisation persists, it will be shut down and your members punished.”<\/p>\n
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Jonno Duniam has welcomed the government’s announcement. (Four Corners)<\/p>\n
Senator Duniam said the ability to list the organisation as a hate group even if it changed names showed the hate laws backed by the Coalition in January were “responsible and effective”.<\/p>\n
The government has not been advised of any other groups that might be listed in the near future, with Mr Burke explaining the banning of any organisation was a “big step”.<\/p>\n
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