David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—On behalf of Senator Thorpe, I move the amendment standing in her name:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) far-right extremism now poses one of the greatest threats to community safety in this country, with a rising number of violent attacks explicitly targeting First Peoples, migrants and refugees over the past year;

(ii) on 31 August 2025, far-right extremists, including members of the National Socialist Network, attacked Camp Sovereignty, a site of Aboriginal resistance and the sacred resting place for the ancestors of 38 Nations;

(iii) on that day, neo-Nazis armed with weapons targeted and violently assaulted Aboriginal mothers, inflicting serious injuries that required hospitalisation;

(iv) the attack on Camp Sovereignty is a continuation of the original violence and genocide perpetrated against First Peoples since invasion;

(v) First Peoples, migrants and refugees, particularly women, bear the brunt of this violence; and

(vi) the Government should be prioritising the very real threat of far-right terrorism happening here alongside threats from overseas; and

(b) condemns:

(i) the deliberate spread of racist and anti-immigrant narratives by politicians and media commentators that embolden far-right movements and normalise hate-fuelled violence;

(ii) the hypocrisy of governments and commentators who condemn peaceful protest and political expression while remaining silent on racially motivated attacks committed by neo-Nazis against First Nations people and women; and

(iii) the failure of the Government, the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police to respond decisively and treat the Camp Sovereignty attack as both a terrorist attack and a hate crime; and

(c) calls on the Government to:

(i) immediately investigate the Camp Sovereignty attack as a hate crime and an act of far-right terrorism; and

(ii) move without delay to list the National Socialist Network and other   .far-right neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code".