‘We can’t police our way out of fascism’: experts urge holistic approach to counter Australia’s neo-Nazis

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:58:51 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
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"When more than 50 National Socialist Network supporters lined up outside New
South Wales parliament last weekend, the image shocked the country.

Observers of the neo-Nazi group say the stunt was an example of a familiar
tactic to bait the media, but the frequency of such events and the number of
people involved now demand new responses.

Reactive lawmaking and off-the-cuff ideas won’t deal with the problem, says
Levi West, a counter-terrorism expert and researcher at ANU.

“In the absence of a strategy – a whole government strategy – to respond, then
we wind up with kind of piecemeal reaction that risks exacerbating the
problem.”"

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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