Activists have uncovered a series of alarming stunts carried out by members of the Tasmanian cell of a disturbing far-right hate group. Extensive investigations have uncovered a series of disturbing acts carried out by the Tasmanian cell of a disturbing far-right hate group. The National Socialist Network (NSN) shot to prominence earlier this year after members were pictured performing the Nazi salute on the steps of Victoria’s parliament at an anti-trans rally. The Australian neo-Nazi political organisation allegedly formed in 2020 from two far-right organisations, the Lads Society and the Antipodean Resistance. While the NSN is based in Melbourne, it boasts of being active in all six state capitals and several regional cities across Australia – including Tasmania. According to anti-fascist researchers The White Rose Society, the name of the Tasmanian branch of the NSN is Tasman Forth, which was the pen name of well-known Tasmanian Nazi sympathiser, fascist and anti-Semite Alexander Rud Mills, who died in 1964. The group’s flag features three red lions – a nod to the Tasmanian state flag – and its Telegram channel regularly shares disturbing anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic and transphobic content, including slurs aimed at various ethnic groups and members performing Nazi salutes. Over the years, a series of worrying stunts have made headlines in Tasmania with links to the group later emerging, such as the vandalism of Transgender Day of Remembrance flags in Hobart in November 2021, with Tasman Forth sharing footage of the vandalism unfolding almost a year later.
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