NSW Premier Chris Minns has warned he is prepared to expose people involved in the latest neo-Nazi rallies in Sydney after police broke up three demonstrations in 48 hours.
After police stopped a group of men in black clothing and balaclavas associated with the National Socialist Network from boarding a train at North Sydney Station on Australia Day, police again broke up the far-right group’s rallies in North Turramurra on Saturday evening and Artarmon on Sunday off. morning.
Prime Minister Chris Minns labeled the group as ‘pathetic’ and their behavior as ‘fascist’ and ‘ridiculous’.
“Those who are trying to threaten people anonymously in NSW, the police have the ability to expose you,” he said.
NSW Premier Chris Minns (pictured) branded the neo-Nazis as ‘pathetic’ and their behavior as ‘fascist’ and ‘ridiculous’
Police arrested six members of the group (pictured) on Friday morning and issued 61 infringement notices for offensive behavior
“So in front of your family, your friends, your employers and your colleagues you will be exposed as a huge racist.”
The Prime Minister has said he is open to strengthening laws against White Power salutes.
“We are reviewing and examining the laws to ensure that overt Nazi gestures and symbols are prohibited in New South Wales, and we will ensure that the people of New South Wales are safe and we protect the tenants of our multicultural, harmonious community,” he said.
It is the third day in a row that a group of masked men, fully clothed, have gathered in Sydney.
At North Turramurra on Sydney’s north shore, group leader Thomas Sewell was granted an extension of the public safety order on Saturday evening, banning him from several parts of Sydney until midnight on Sunday.
“Police have issued a public safety order extension to a 31-year-old man, banning him from entering a number of local government areas in Sydney until midnight (on Sunday),” NSW Police said in a statement.
“The order extension was served in North Turramurra (on Saturday) evening.”
At North Turramurra on Sydney’s north shore, group leader Thomas Sewell (pictured, right) was granted an extension of the public safety order on Saturday evening, banning him from several parts of Sydney until midnight on Sunday.
More than twenty officers boarded the train on Friday and dozens of others stood on the platform to remove the neo-Nazi group from North Sydney station (pictured above).
On Saturday evening, police descended on North Turamurra, where dozens of members of the neo-Nazi group gathered.
A local witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the group began gathering around the local scout hall in the afternoon.
“There were a large number of young men present, as well as some young women, mostly dressed in black clothing, and the scout hall was certainly open and apparently used by the group,” the resident told NCA Newswire.
A large police presence was seen around the hall, including around 10 police cars.
In a separate incident on Sunday morning, there was a heavy police presence on the Artarmon Reserve as the membership group gathered again in public.
Photos from the scene showed police watching as a group of men dressed in black gathered in the suburban park.
NSW Police said on Sunday morning that a police operation had been completed without arrests after the group moved on without incident.
Police, including officers from the Raptor Squad and Public Order and Riot Squad, were called to the reservation after the group of about 30 men began gathering around 8:30 a.m.
“The group … was verbally served with an updated public safety order banning them from entering further local government areas in Sydney,” NSW Police said.
“The group dispersed and no arrests were made.”
Following the public incidents involving the National Socialist Network, Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, said he was “heartbroken and alarmed by the return of genocidal anti-Semitism”.
He said recent public displays of anti-Semitism should be a “source of shame” for society and a “deep collective reflection on how little we have learned.”
“We are reminded that the desire to destroy the Jews has not diminished, only the means to carry it out have been temporarily suppressed,” Mr. Ryvchin said.
You see the group of men boarding a train in all black, one of which is carrying an Australian flag
NSW Police intercepted a train carrying the neo-Nazi group at North Sydney station on Friday, Australia Day (above)
“The audacity of anti-Semites in Australia, the freedom of mainstream online influencers, neo-Nazi cells and supporters of jihadist terror to incite against our community with virtually no consequences, is particularly chilling.”
Police stormed North Sydney train station on Australia Day after reports that a group of about 60 men wearing balaclavas and all-black outfits boarded a train into the city.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) said he was ‘shocked’ by the images of men dressed in black patrolling the streets
The men are affiliated with the National Socialist Network, which is led by convicted criminal Thomas Sewell.
Police arrested six members of the group on Friday morning and issued 61 infringement notices for offensive behaviour. Two members have now been released without charge.
It follows the NSW Government’s recent announcement that it will investigate section 93Z of the Crimes Act, which establishes laws against publicly threatening or inciting violence against anyone on the grounds of race, religious belief or belief.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday joined in condemning the group’s behavior.
He said he was ‘shocked’ by the images.
“I don’t want to see people in balaclavas, dressed from head to toe in black, engaging in neo-Nazi activities in this country,” he said.
‘It has no place and it has been rightly condemned by all decent people.’