Neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network claims it will disband before hate speech legislation is introduced to parliament on Monday

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Australia’s spy boss will be given powers to recommend an organisation be proscribed as a hate group under the Labor government’s new religious vilification protections.

The draft bill, which the government released on Tuesday, includes new hate speech and anti-vilification laws, powers to formally designate groups as proscribed organisations, and provisions for the largest gun buy-back scheme since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

Source: Guardian - World News