The federal government has cancelled the visa of a British man charged with displaying prohibited Nazi symbols, after police seized swords bearing \u201cswastika symbology\u201d from his Queensland home last month.<\/p>\n
Federal police announced<\/a> earlier this month that a 43-year-old United Kingdom citizen living in Queensland had been charged with three counts of allegedly displaying prohibited Nazi symbols, and one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.<\/p>\n The AFP alleged in a statement on 8 December that the man used social media platform X to display a Nazi symbol and \u201cespouse a pro-Nazi ideology with a specific hatred of the Jewish community, and to advocate for violence towards this community.\u201d<\/p>\n In the statement, police alleged that during a search of a Caboolture home on 21 November, they found \u201cseveral weapons, including swords bearing swastika symbology, axes and knives.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe AFP has alleged the man posted content that violated Commonwealth law on several occasions between 10 October, 2025, and 5 November, 2025. It is alleged X blocked the main account the man was using, which lead him to create a second handle with a similar name to continue posting offensive, harmful and targeted content,\u201d the AFP said at the time.<\/p>\n Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\n Home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed on Wednesday that the man\u2019s visa had been cancelled and the government was seeking his deportation.<\/p>\n \u201cI said some time ago that as far as freedom of speech was concerned, I had no time for hatred when it came to cancelling visas. If you come to Australia on a visa, you are here as a guest,\u201d Burke told the ABC.<\/p>\n \u201cAlmost everyone on a visa is a good guest and a welcome guest in our country. But if someone comes here for the purposes of hate, they can leave. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Burke said proposed new hate speech legislation would increase his powers to make such visa cancellations, adding: \u201cMy view is an incitement of hate should be enough \u2026 we should be able to cancel visas on that basis alone.\u201d<\/p>\n The visa cancellation comes after Burke last month revoked the visa of South African Matthew Gruter<\/a>, after his attendance at a <\/a>neo-Nazi <\/a>National Socialist Network rally outside New South Wales parliament<\/a> in November. Burke at the time accused NSN members of seeking to cloak their \u201cbigotry in patriotism\u201d. Gruter later left Australia voluntarily, after being taken into immigration detention and facing deportation.<\/p>\n