Neo-Nazis pledge to campaign to make Hanson prime minister
A neo-Nazi group is challenging a federal ban in Australia's High Court, claiming the legislation is unconstitutional. The group has publicly stated their intent to support Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in forming a government if the ban is overturned.
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The case highlights the intersection of extremist political movements and mainstream electoral politics, raising concerns about the influence of hate groups on national governance.
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Share A A A Australia’s neo-Nazi movement has declared it will back One Nation’s path to government if the High Court overturns a ban on its new political party.
Labor and the Coalition called on Hanson to immediately reject the support, months after she admitted her party was being “infiltrated by extremists” and after she also met with Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe, whose far-right party has links to banned neo-Nazi groups.
Pauline Hanson this week. Alex Ellinghausen The normally quiet High Court in Canberra has been packed this week as the National Socialist Network, an openly neo-Nazi group, has fought to overturn laws passed after the Bondi massacre that outlawed neo-Nazi and Islamist groups.
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