Kellie Sloane, representing the Liberal Party for Vaucluse, and Allegra Spender, the Independent representative for Wentworth, have taken action by reporting online threats to the police. These threats surfaced after both politicians publicly denounced a neo-Nazi rally that occurred outside the New South Wales Parliament House last Saturday.

Threatening comments directed at Sloane and Spender were posted on social media platforms X, previously known as Twitter, as well as on Telegram. The two lawmakers have escalated the matter by involving law enforcement for further investigation.

Sloane described the messages as not only abusive but also threatening. “The content was extremely intimidating and violent,” she stated. “There were numerous threats and a flood of abusive messages, typical of a Twitter pile-on scenario.”

While Sloane has deactivated her X account, she clarified that this decision was not solely in response to the online threats she faced.

She confirmed she had deactivated her X account, but insisted it was not purely because of the threats she received.

“To be honest, I’ve been thinking for a while about exiting Twitter or X as it’s known now,” she said.

“What I’m clear about is that I won’t be giving their comments, their thoughts any credibility.”

“I will not be bullied out of saying what I think, and I will stand up for people in my community and for the broader community of Sydney who don’t like hate, who don’t want division anymore, and who don’t accept this kind of behaviour.” 

The rally on Saturday was attended by around 70 neo-Nazis who were protesting against Jewish lobbying groups.

The protest was approved by police without the knowledge of the Commissioner Mal Lanyon or NSW Premier Chris Minns.

Protesters submitted a Form One to the police, which was approved and not passed on to the commissioner.

Minns reaffirmed he had no prior knowledge of the protest and was adamant that procedures and processes would be reviewed in light of the oversight.

“I don’t know the circumstances of how that march or protest was approved. I know the NSW Police commissioner wasn’t aware of it, and he’s looking at it, holding an inquiry into those circumstances so that it doesn’t happen again,” Minns said on Today.

Lanyon also spoke on Today and confirmed police were unable to stop the protest due to the correct forms being submitted by protesters.

“Once the protest is authorised, they’re entitled to be there,” he said. “We would take action [if they] actually infringed on the law.”

“There was an internal communication error… from time to time, matters aren’t briefed up. They were certainly aware of it within the police force, and an appropriate policing response was planned for the weekend.”