PJCIS invites submissions by 13 July 2026

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has opened a review of White Australia’s listing as a prohibited hate group under the Criminal Code. Public submissions to the inquiry close on 13 July 2026.

White Australia is an Australian-based nationalist and racist extremist group. It adopted that name in 2025 after operating as the National Socialist Network and the European Australia Movement.

Authorities listed the group on 15 May 2026. Its ideology is based on racism and white supremacy.

White Australia promotes racist and hateful propaganda about Jewish people, Asians, Muslims, Indigenous Australians and other migrant ethnicities. That material is intended to demean those groups and incite hatred against them.

Senator Raff Ciccone

Under subsection 114A.8 of the Criminal Code, the PJCIS may review a listing at any time. It can then report comments and recommendations to both Houses of Parliament.

The prohibited hate group framework allows the Government to list organisations that promote violence or hatred. Once listed, a group triggers criminal offences under Division 114B of Part 5.3B of the Criminal Code.

Those offences cover membership, recruitment, and providing funds or support to the organisation. White Australia became the second organisation listed under the new laws passed earlier in 2026.

Committee chair Senator Raff Ciccone said: “This is the second organisation listed as a prohibited hate group under laws passed by the Australian Parliament earlier this year.”

Ciccone also said the review lets Parliament and the wider community test whether the new framework is working as intended. He described that scrutiny as a safeguard built into the law.

Meanwhile, the committee website lets people lodge a submission, read other submissions and check upcoming public hearings. Users can also track the committee and sign up for email updates through the site.