“If you come to Australia on a visa, consider yourself a guest. The vast majority of visa holders are good guests, welcomed with open arms. However, if your purpose here is to spread hate, your stay will be cut short,” stated the official.

This sentiment was recently put into action when South African neo-Nazi Matthew Gruter was expelled from Australia. Gruter’s visa was revoked following his participation in a rally outside the New South Wales parliament, orchestrated by the neo-Nazi faction known as the National Socialist Network.

On Tuesday, Burke emphasized the government’s resolve, saying, “We aim to ensure that hate preachers, who’ve cunningly stayed within the confines of Australian law, will face a lower threshold for their actions to be deemed criminal. Statements that every reasonable Australian finds appalling and believes have no place in our society should be criminalized.”

Hizb ut-Tahrir, a global Islamic political party founded in 1953, has also been under scrutiny.

Recent legal proceedings include charges such as threatening force or violence against groups, displaying prohibited terrorist organization symbols, and numerous counts of public display of banned Nazi symbols or performing the Nazi salute.

The charges include one offence of threatening force or violence against groups, four offences of public display of prohibited terrorist organisation symbols and 13 offences of public display of prohibited Nazi symbols or giving Nazi salute.