{"id":23822,"date":"2026-06-03T05:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/23822\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:51:11","slug":"neo-nazi-leader-thomas-sewell-covertly-broadcasting-hate-on-instagram-from-melbourne-acreage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/23822\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell covertly broadcasting hate on Instagram from Melbourne acreage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neo-Nazi leader and convicted criminal Thomas Sewell is covertly broadcasting hateful views on Instagram weeks after his organisation the National Socialist Network (NSN) was formally listed as a hate group by the government.<\/p>\n

ABC NEWS Verify can reveal that Sewell has posted antisemitic and homophobic diatribes to the platform from behind a sparkling Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo mask which the NSN has used previously in propaganda material.<\/p>\n

Though his face is obscured, the position of a light switch, bookshelf and items on the bookshelf on Instagram match the background of another video Sewell appeared in unmasked on video streaming site Rumble in January.<\/p>\n

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Objects in a video Sewell appeared in on Rumble match those in the Instagram video. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Sewell established the new Instagram account in May, and to date has posted seven videos to the platform, the first on May 24.<\/p>\n

He has launched a challenge in the High Court to overturn the government’s ban on his organisation so that he can register a White Australia party with the Australian Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

In response to questions from ABC NEWS Verify about the Instagram videos and whether they constitute hate speech under the federal government’s new laws, a spokesperson for the Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said “Our agencies are constantly monitoring for any potential breaches of our hate speech laws, the strongest such laws in Australian history”.<\/p>\n

The Australia Federal Police were also contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

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Alex Ryvchin, the co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry said social media platforms were enabling extremists to recruit and target people.<\/p>\n

“Any Jewish user could attest to the volume of accounts pumping out everything from highly curated propaganda to direct death threats,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We’ve never seen it at such levels and its danger and effectiveness comes from the scale and consistency of the message.<\/p>\n

“We know that violence is the endpoint of indoctrination and scapegoating which makes this phenomenon especially dangerous.”<\/p>\n

ABC NEWS Verify also contacted Instagram parent company Meta to ask if Sewell’s videos violated its policy on hateful conduct.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Meta said the company was investigating.<\/p>\n

ABC NEWS Verify also sent questions to Sewell.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He did not respond directly, but posted a long video to Telegram abusing ABC NEWS Verify with what appeared to be the same mask in the background.<\/p>\n

Do you know more? Contact ABC NEWS Verify.<\/a><\/p>\n

Multi-million dollar home<\/p>\n

Photos matched to real estate listings show Sewell has been recording the videos in a multi-million-dollar property he is living in, in the Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge.<\/p>\n

The property is listed as the registered address on a document incorporating the White Australia Party as an association in Victoria.<\/p>\n

An acreage with multiple dwellings present, the property is owned by a company with two directors.<\/p>\n

One of the directors, 47-year-old Martin Featherstone, appears to be a public adherent of NSN ideology.<\/p>\n

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Martin Featherstone confirmed that he was charging rent for Sewell to reside on the property. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

A social media account that appears to belong to Mr Featherstone has posted “Hail Thomas Sewell” and “Hail Australia” on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n

In response to the government’s ban of White Australia the account posted that they were a former member who had resigned from the party and that: “If the High Court works out, I’ll just send another [email], rescinding my resignation.”<\/p>\n

In an interview with ABC NEWS Verify, Mr Featherstone confirmed that he was charging rent for Sewell to reside on the property, an amount he was “very happy with”.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he was a member of the NSN, how he knew Sewell, and whether there were any other families staying on the property, he replied “no comment”.<\/p>\n

The other director of the company is Mr Featherstone’s mother, Christina Macgregor, who is also listed as the only shareholder.<\/p>\n

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Christina Macgregor owns the property where Sewell has been living. (Supplied: Australasian Transport News)<\/p>\n

Ms Macgregor was formerly the managing director of transport company Macgregor Logistics, which was sold to Land Transport in 2022.<\/p>\n

She also ran as a candidate for the Liberal Party at Victorian elections in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Business records indicate neither Mr Featherstone nor Ms Macgregor reside on the same property as Sewell, which was purchased in July last year for $2.35 million.<\/p>\n

However, they own other multi-million-dollar properties in the same area.<\/p>\n

Ms Macgregor would not confirm to ABC NEWS Verify how she knew Sewell.<\/p>\n

When asked whether she was comfortable renting to the Neo-Nazi leader she said she did not know he was a Neo-Nazi, despite being aware of him through the media.<\/p>\n

“He’s never told me that he’s a Neo-Nazi. You cannot believe what you hear or read in the media,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I have my very own very strong political views, and they are my own. I have never been a Nazi.<\/p>\n

“I do not want to see our own race eclipsed by bringing in millions and millions of people who don’t share our culture.”<\/p>\n

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