The following article is from The Murray Valley Standard. 

Nazis told to stick it: ‘Stop the spread of the hatred’

Alasdair McDonald
The Murray Valley Standard
September 7, 2018
NSW Police have made an intel­li­gence report after stickers openly espousing neo-Nazism appeared on prominent buildings across Bega over the weekend.
Police said a Carp St business owner contacted them after two Anti­podean Res­ist­ance stickers were placed on their shop some time between 5pm on August 31 and 2pm on September 1.
“We are treating this as serious, and appealing for anyone with inform­a­tion to contact police,” a NSW Police spokes­per­son said.
This is not the white nation­al­ist group’s first visit to the region. In February the group posted images on social media of posters on Bega High School and the office of Eden-Monaro MP Mike Kelly, whose wife is Jewish.
“Part of their program is to pursue the leg­al­isa­tion of the killing of Jews,” Dr Kelly said in Par­lia­ment after reporting the incident to federal police.
“This is happening in our country, as well as what we’ve seen mani­fest­ing overseas.”
The group, which openly targets the recruit­ment of young people and regularly hosts rad­ic­al­isa­tion camps, has stated it is inspired by foreign groups including UK terrorist organ­isa­tion National Action.
Bega Valley resident Ian Campbell said he removed stickers from the recently unveiled refugee welcome sign outside the Bega library early Saturday morning.

“I appre­ci­ate people can be threatened by dif­fer­ence, but I believe our sim­il­ar­it­ies are greater, and that oppor­tun­it­ies to appre­ci­ate what we have in common ease those concerns,” Mr Campbell said.
“I took them off hoping to reduce the chances of people being hurt and upset by them.
“I was embar­rassed by them and wanted to make sure those who put them there didn’t receive any further attention or encour­age­ment.”
Research officer with the Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry Julie Nathan said the group mirrors terrorist group tactics of targeting “young men looking for purpose and meaning”.
“The NSW gov­ern­ment recently amended the state’s criminal law to introduce the new offence of publicly threat­en­ing or inciting violence on the grounds of race, religion and sexual ori­ent­a­tion,” she said.
“It is hoped that this law will prove to be an effective measure to stop the spread of the hatred and the promotion of violence by people such as members of Anti­podean Res­ist­ance.
“Given the vile nature of Anti­podean Res­ist­ance, and the violence and havoc the group would mete out if ever it gained a semblance of power or influence, Anti­podean Res­ist­ance needs to be condemned from all quarters and to be exposed and brought to account.
“Those within Anti­podean Res­ist­ance who incite violence, murder and genocide should be pro­sec­uted to the full extent of the law,” Ms Nathan said.

Image: Bega Valley resident Ian Campbell removed stickers from the recently unveiled refugee welcome sign outside the Bega library. (Source: The Murray Valley Standard)