Published: 29 January 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Neo-Nazis go bush: Grampians gathering highlights rise of Australia’s far right (Age)
It was the Australia Day long weekend and as Nathaniel Maxwell peered into the cave-like formation known as the Cool Chamber in central Victoria, he noticed that many of the men were wearing black T-shirts bearing a distinctive Celtic-style symbol.
Others were wearing army fatigues. Some raised their arm in a Nazi salute. As Mr Maxwell walked away, he heard shouts of “white power!”
Jewish MP demands union dump academic over swastika (SMH)
Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns has demanded the tertiary education union stop backing a left-wing academic who was sacked for superimposing a swastika onto the Israeli flag.
Dr Tim Anderson was dismissed by the University of Sydney in 2019 after misconduct findings by the university over his use of Nazi symbolism in lecture materials and social media to highlight what he believes to be Israel’s inhumane occupation of the West Bank.
Photo: Alleged members of a far-right extremist group seen at Halls Gap and the Grampians (Courtesy Age)
