A neo-Nazi who led the anti-Jewish rally outside NSW parliament is in custody after being arrested by the Australian Federal Police on Thursday.
The arrest of National Socialist Network spokesperson Joel Davis was announced by the group’s leader Tom Sewell online and confirmed by police sources not authorised to speak publicly.
Joel Davis, pictured last year. Credit: Justin McManus
“The AFP has undertaken operational activity in Bondi today,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “There is no ongoing risk to the community.”
Davis was expected to be charged with using a carriage service to harass or menace. Sources have told this masthead the alleged victim was a political figure.
At the “Abolish The Jewish Lobby” rally outside parliament on November 8, Davis gave an antisemitic speech and led chants of the Hitler Youth slogan “Blood and Honour”.
Joel Davis, right, at the NSN event outside parliament.
After independent federal MP Allegra Spender decried the event, Davis called on supporters to “rhetorically rape” her. Spender, as well as NSW Liberal shadow minister Kellie Sloane, later received threats that they passed on to police.
“It was pretty shocking and not something you ever want to hear but we’ve referred it to the police and I have a lot of confidence in the Australian Federal Police,” Spender said at the time.
Within the NSN, an explicitly racist group that calls for mass deportations of non-white Australians, Davis is a key spokesperson. He gives media interviews, holds regular livestreams with other senior NSN figures, and speaks at public events.
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