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A 31-year-old man faces hate speech charges after delivering a neo-Nazi tirade at a Sydney rally, signaling a dangerous escalation in Australian extremist activity.

The simmering tensions of Australia’s immigration debate boiled over in Sydney yesterday as a 31-year-old man was arrested and charged with publicly inciting hatred. The incident, which took place during a "March for Australia" rally at Moore Park, has exposed the brazen resurgence of neo-Nazi ideology in the country’s public square.
In a scene that shocked onlookers and viewers of the livestream alike, the man took to the open mic stage wearing a black t-shirt emblazoned with a Celtic Cross—a widely recognized white supremacist hate symbol. Emboldened by a cheering section of the crowd, he launched into a tirade that police described as "unequivocally aligned with neo-Nazi ideology."
The specifics of the speech were chilling. The accused ended his address with the Nazi salute and the chant, "Free Joel Davis. Hail White Australia. Hail Thomas Sewell." The reference to Sewell, a notorious leader of the National Socialist Network who is currently on bail for violent offenses, signals a coordinated effort by extremist groups to hijack mainstream political grievances.
The incident occurred on January 26, a date already fraught with tension as Australia grapples with its colonial history (celebrated as Australia Day by some, mourned as Invasion Day by others). While police worked to keep the anti-immigration marchers separate from the Invasion Day rallies, the infiltration of neo-Nazis into the former group presents a new security headache.
"We will allege that the language he used... generated hate towards a particular group in our community," Commissioner McFadden stated. As Australia faces a summer of discontent, the question remains: how did the politics of hate find such a comfortable home in the Sydney sunshine?
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