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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared the "time for tolerance" of right-wing extremism is over after another public neo-Nazi demonstration in Melbourne but has stopped short of calling for a federal ban on Nazi symbols in public

Members of neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network (NSN) performed the Sieg Heil during an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne recently, before a violent confrontation with police and counter-protesters

Similar scenes two months earlier, when the group also performed Nazi salutes at an anti-trans rally outside Victorian Parliament, prompted the state government to consider outlawing the salute

Mr Albanese did not reveal whether Labor was considering a federal ban but insisted there was “no place in Australia” for far-right ideology. “[It is] an evil doctrine that resulted in the mass murder of people on the basis of their religion, on the basis of who they were, on the basis of their sexual preference,” he said

“The time for tolerance of those matters has long gone People should have a look at the consequences of that hatred, and it is an ideology of hate”

The demonstration has also sparked calls for the NSN to be officially designated as a terrorist organisation Just three of the 29 groups officially listed as terrorist organi-