NSN, the country’s largest neo-Nazi group, is disbanding ahead of a new government hate-speech crackdown designed to curb extremist activity.

The National Socialist Network, Australia's prominent neo-Nazi group, announces it will fully disband by midnight Sunday, including its associated groups White Australia, the European Australian Movement, and the White Australia Party.

The reforms also expand immigration powers, granting the Home Affairs Minister authority to cancel visas on character or public interest grounds.

NSN leader Thomas Sewell and state leaders say all operations will shut down, with the White Australia political arm disbanding and groups, pages, and social media taken down by the deadline.

The move follows the Bondi Beach terrorist attack and signals broader policy changes and ongoing developments beyond this article.

Lawmakers expect the NSN to pursue rebranding or new organizational forms to operate within or around the new legal framework, similar to strategies used by extremist groups overseas.

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Experts and officials, including ASIO chief Mike Burgess, view the NSN as exploiting current laws and a continued risk of violence, with momentum to outlaw groups like the NSN and Hizb-ut Tahrir.

The move is framed as a pre-emptive measure ahead of forthcoming federal legislation that would give authorities new powers to ban hate organisations and target groups with extremist activities or symbolism.

The NSN continues to recruit teenagers via social media and aims to influence national debates on immigration and white nationalist rhetoric.

Draft legislation proposing penalties up to 15 years’ jail for belonging to or supporting outlawed extremist groups and new offences for radicalising children prompted the NSN to disband before laws take effect.

NSN has links to designated overseas terror groups; members have been charged or convicted of violent acts, with recent activities including ambushing politicians and organizing anti-immigration rallies.