Australia's High Court will hear a neo-Nazi group's challenge to its listing as a hate group, which could impact its bid to register as a political party. The White Australia party seeks to overturn the government's power to designate it as a hate group.
The White Australia Party (National Socialist Network) is challenging its ban as a hate group and the rejection of its political party registration due to redacted member lists in the Australian High Court.
Australia has banned the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network, previously known as White Australia, under new laws criminalizing hate groups. This follows an antisemitic attack in Sydney and aims to prevent organized hate rallies.
Australia's National Socialist Network (NSN), recently banned as a hate group, has launched a legal challenge against the government's prohibition. The neo-Nazi group, also known as White Australia, argues the law used to ban it infringes on political communication and confers excessive power to the executive without judicial review.
The leader of Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network, Thomas Sewell, has appeared in an interview online alongside notorious US Neo-Nazi James Mason, who is listed as a terrorist entity by the Canadian government.
