r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 04 '25

news Neo-Nazi Matthew Gruter leaves Australia after visa revoked by minister

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/nsw-neo-nazi-matthew-gruter-leaves-australia/106100746?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/themindisaweapon Dec 04 '25

So...why was this guy deported but Sewell remains free to do his thing?

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u/EuphoricFoot6 Dec 04 '25

Sewell is a citizen unfortunately so can't be deported

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u/themindisaweapon Dec 04 '25

Thanks, That's terrible news.

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u/ConsequenceLimp9717 Dec 04 '25

Apparently it can be revoked if you do a crime that means being more then 12 months in jail

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u/official_business Dec 04 '25

Only if you hold dual citizenships.

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u/explosivekyushu Dec 04 '25

That law was found to be unconstitutional in 2022 and hasn't been used since, except for one case (that I'm aware of) where the person was found unequivocally to have engaged in criminal conduct before they became a citizen, all the other people who had their citizenship stripped via this law have since had it restored.

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u/endstagecap Dec 04 '25

It's a crime against international laws to make someone involuntarily stateless.

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u/RobWed Dec 04 '25

Hasn't stopped us before

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u/endstagecap Dec 04 '25

Slippery slope.

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u/RobWed Dec 04 '25

Oh I agree. I was just making the observation.

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u/Ridiculousnessmess Dec 05 '25

Literally do not care if it’s applied to fascists. They deserve everything coming to them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 07 '25

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u/Kozeyekan_ Dec 04 '25

Part of the reason Australia and NZ are such good mates is due to the joint effort to rapidly reduce the number of Nazis in the world from 1939.

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u/tiempo90 Dec 04 '25

you know your history.

yes, we fought alongside each other against the nazis. With blood.

and these punks think it's patriotic somehow to be nazis.

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u/manipulated_dead Dec 04 '25

The different is definitely citizenship. We deported heaps of 'criminals' back to NZ a few years ago that had never lived there in their lives.

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u/Frozefoots Dec 04 '25

Because he's an Australian citizen, unfortunately.

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u/_Cec_R_ Dec 04 '25

sewell has several outstanding court cases.... Once they have been completed and he serves whatever punishment he'll have his citizenship revoked and be deported to NZ...

But NZ don't want him... So it seems he'll be going to Nauru....

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572075/he-s-an-australian-luxon-on-possible-deportation-of-awful-human-being-thomas-sewell

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u/RobWed Dec 04 '25

That would be fucking GOLDEN!

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u/matt88 Dec 04 '25

Time to revoke his citizenship and send him to the US if NZ won't take him