# Commonwealth tells high court White Australia party is a ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned

https://mins.news/en/item/50839

- The Guardian, 2026-09-09 06:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/white-australia-party-modern-manifestation-adolf-hitler-nazi-movement-commonwealth-high-court-ntwnfb

> Australia’s high court is hearing the White Australia party’s challenge to its designation as an illegal hate group. Commonwealth lawyer Brendan Lim called it a modern manifestation of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi movement that could encourage hate crimes, while the party argues the ban violates implied political-communication freedom and improperly leaves the decision to a minister.