2020 In 2020, a group of NSN members in Melbourne performed a
Nazi salute and displayed a neo-Nazi flag at
Swinburne University. A photo of the incident, shared on their
Facebook page, included a caption stating: "NSN would like to thank the student body and faculty for letting us promote National Socialism on campus without opposition. Swinburne for the White man!". A university spokesperson responded: "Swinburne University of Technology abhors the comments, and the symbols depicted in the photograph taken on our campus. The views and ideas of groups such as this run counter to everything our university stands for, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms".
2021 2022 2023 on 18 March 2023 In early January 2023, flyers belonging to the National Socialist Network were found in circulation in
East Brisbane,
Queensland. On 13 January 2023, a
Melbourne Magistrates Court sentenced Sewell to 150 hours of community service to be completed in 18 months. On 26 January 2023, Australia Day, members of the NSN held a protest in
Coburg, Victoria, where they displayed banners. On 18 March 2023, approximately 30 members of the NSN, including Sewell, attended a rally in Melbourne in support of
British anti-transgender activist
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who spoke at the rally while visiting the city on her Australian and
New Zealand tour. Members of the NSN marched down
Spring Street, displayed a banner, performed Nazi salutes on the stairs of
Parliament House, and referred to transgender people as
paedophiles. A
counterprotest attended by
transgender rights protesters clashed with the group. While the police, including several mounted officers, attempted to separate the two groups, it was reported that
pepper spray was used at least once. The events were condemned by the
Labor Party, the
Liberal Party and the
Greens. On 13 May, neo-Nazi and anti-fascist groups clashed in Melbourne at an anti-immigration rally, organised by NSN. Police made several arrests on both sides, while also deploying capsicum spray. A police officer was also hit with pepper spray. On 13 October 2023, after the candlelight vigil event for Israelis kidnapped by
Hamas and ahead of
pro-Palestinian protests in the city, the group gathered outside
Flinders Street station in Melbourne, displaying an antisemitic banner at the station entrance under police surveillance; then the group members went inside the station, performing
Roman salutes while going down an escalator, and boarded a
Werribee Line train. While on the train they asked passengers whether they are Jewish or not, handed out NSN's "business cards" and another racist flier; they also sung the
Australian national anthem as well as a white racist anthem. After the incident, state officials including Premier
Jacinta Allan condemned the action. The
Victorian Government subsequently passed legislation banning public displays of the Roman salute. On 3 December, around 40 members of the NSN, led by Sewell, marched through the streets of
Ballarat on the 169th anniversary of the
Eureka Stockade. The group displayed a banner with the phrase, "Australia For The White Man" as they marched in through the city. A 15-year-old boy was questioned over his use of the Nazi salute in support of the group.
2024 On 26 January 2024, a group of NSN members, led by Thomas Sewell, were detained by
New South Wales Police Force at the
North Sydney railway station. An officer issued Sewell and his group a legal order banning them from attending any Australia Day events in the
City of Sydney, citing a risk to public safety and Sewell's history of crime and public order incidents. Roughly 40 members of the
Victorian chapter held a
flash rally in late July 2024, marching from Melbourne’s
Federation Square to Flinders Street station, clad in all black and carrying a large "
Mass Deportations Now" banner.
Jacob Hersant was arrested for "grossly offensive public conduct". In the weeks following the
2024 United Kingdom riots, around 70 NSN members marched through the streets of
Brisbane and posed in front of several landmarks whilst holding a banner which called for a "Free England". Multiple arrests were made. On 16 August, a large group of NSN members in Melbourne hijacked a refugee encampment that had been set up outside the office of
Home Affairs, calling for permanent visas. The NSN stood in a line with a large banner that read "Fuck Off; We're Full" and chanted offensive comments. In October, around 50 members of NSN marched through
Corowa, NSW, protesting against the local
piggery's takeover by multinational meat processor
JBS and their employment of immigrant workers. They carried a "White Man Fight Back" banner. Approximately 40 members of NSN staged a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in
Toorak, Melbourne, calling for the
extradition of a Chinese national suspected of pouring hot coffee on a baby in a park. The protesters displayed a banner, burned portraits of the suspect,
Mao Zedong,
Xi Jinping, and the
Chinese flag.
2025 On 11 January 2025, members of the NSN staged a protest on
Adelaide's
Morphett Street bridge, displaying a banner reading "Mass Deportations Now". Six participants were arrested and charged with wearing an article of disguise. On 26 January 2025, around 40 members of the NSN, most of whom who had travelled from other states, marched through
Adelaide city centre, dressed in black and wearing sunglasses and hats. Chanting "Australia for the white man", the NSN group stood in front of the
War Memorial on
North Terrace.
South Australia Police officers arrested 16 people, including a 16-year-old boy, on charges that included loitering and displaying Nazi symbols. Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese condemned the action of the men, as did SA Premier
Peter Malinauskas. Sewell and 13 other men appeared in court on 28 January, charged with a variety of offences, including carrying offensive weapons or articles of disguise, and displaying Nazi symbols. On 25 April 2025, prominent NSN member Jacob Hersant was escorted by Victoria Police away from an
Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne following disruptions to a
Welcome to Country. The shouting by the small group of men was drowned out by applause by many in the 50,000-strong crowd, and condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader
Peter Dutton and other political leaders, as well as
RSL Victoria president Robert Webster, many
war veterans, and
Sunrise TV host
Natalie Barr. On 1 June 2025, a group of NSN members staged a racist protest outside
Northland Shopping Centre, Victoria, in the early hours of the morning. The protest came after a
machete brawl which took place at the shopping centre one week prior. During the protest they held a banner with the words “Ban
N-ers Not Machetes”. On 4 August 2025, the NSN staged a protest on the
Kwinana Freeway, in
Perth. At about 12:40 am on 9 August 2025, around 100 members of the NSN, with their faces covered, marched through Melbourne's central business district. On 31 August 2025, a group of men from NSN identified as originally part of the
March for Australia protests in Melbourne, broke away from the larger group and stormed the Aboriginal
Camp Sovereignty. Among those caught on video carrying out the attack was Thomas Sewell. In November 2025, members of the National Socialist Network held a demonstration outside the
New South Wales Parliament in
Sydney, displaying antisemitic banners and chanting neo-Nazi slogans. The demonstration was hosted under the name "White Australia". Following the protest Matthew Grutera South-African national who had attendedhad their visa cancelled and left Australia. Regarding Gruter's visa cancellation, Immigration Minister
Tony Burke said "If you are on a visa you are a guest... if a guest turns up to show hatred and wreck the household, they can be told it’s time to go home". On 8 November 2025, approximately 60 individuals associated with the NSN gathered outside the New South Wales Parliament building in Sydney, wearing black clothing and displaying Nazi-style symbolism. The group carried a banner reading "Abolish the
Jewish Lobby" and chanted Nazi phrases, including "
blood and honour". The protest proceeded after the submission of a "Form 1" notice by Jack Eltis, "on behalf of White Australia, formerly the National Socialist Network", with police raising no objection under the state's
Summary Offences Act. Senior police and the
NSW Premier later stated they were not informed in advance of the gathering. The incident prompted widespread condemnation, and resulted in the Premier announcing a review of police procedures and consideration of expanded powers to prevent hate-driven assemblies. Also in November 2025, Jack Eltis, a man who described himself as "the leader of White Australia NSW" said that the NSN was "very close" to having the required number of members to register as a political party. On 20 November, prominent member Joel Davis was arrested by the
Australian Federal Police in Sydney, after he had sent a allegedly menacing message in a group chat on Telegram about independent NSW MP
Allegra Spender, who had criticised the rally on 8 November, he was later released in March 2026 on strict bail conditions. == Disbandment==