Matthew Gruter: South African man seen at neo-Nazi rally has Australian visa revoked

The civil engineer was seen in the front row of a protest organised by the National Socialist Network.

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Matthew Gruter, who has been in Australia since 2022, took part in an anti-Jewish protest outside the New South Wales parliament organised by the National Socialist Network earlier this month and is now awaiting deportation.

He was seen among around 60 men clad in black, who held up a banner that said "Abolish the Jewish lobby", Australian media report.

Australia has seen a recent rise in right-wing extremism. Its government made the Nazi salute punishable by a mandatory prison term earlier this year.

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Mr Gruter's visa had been cancelled on character grounds, adding that those who attended the rally were not "patriotic".