National Socialist Network members identified after NSW parliament protest
There are no signs of his extremist political views, except for a photo of him wearing the distinctive black jacket favored by NSN. Gruter, who lists Sydney-based engineering firm Aurecon as his employer in an online business profile, frequently attends NSN events, including an anti-immigrant rally for Australia in August where the group chanted “Hail Australia.”
Aurecon, which has contracts with the ADF and NSW government agencies, did not respond to questions, including whether Gruter was still employed by the company.
Matthew Gruter made regular appearances on his influencer wife’s social media, including promoting sponsored content.Credit: instagram
Contacted by reporterGruter did not answer questions, including how he reconciled his immigration status with NSN’s stated opposition to all immigration. He responded to questions via email: “Since when did it become a crime to love and defend your own People (sic)?”
reporter He does not suggest that Gruter’s wife shares his political views.
After being contacted for comment, her husband responded: “I note that you intend to drag my wife into this business and her ability to generate income. Absolute jerk behavior and outlook.”
“You want us to be unemployed, thrown off the street, our family to be torn apart and my newborn child to die of hunger,” he said.
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“All this because I disagree with you politically. What you are trying to do to us personally is far worse than any of our overall political ideology.”
He had previously been photographed at the beginning of NSN training sessions and was seen wearing the silver bracelet reserved for NSN leaders in photographs taken with his pregnant wife. The bracelet bears the words “blood and honor”, the motto of the Hitler Youth.
The Home Office did not respond to a request for comment.
Among those identified after the rally was Martin Przybylek, a personal trainer at Anytime Fitness in Fairfield. Przybylek, an aspiring rapper with eight subscribers on his YouTube page, became known for his distinctive tattoos. Fairfield, in Sydney’s west, is one of the city’s most multicultural suburbs. He posed for photos with his colleagues of color on the gym’s social media.
Aspiring rapper and personal trainer Martin Przybylek.
Przybylek did not respond to a request for comment. Anytime Fitness said in a statement that it was not aware of Przybylek’s role at NSN and would investigate.
“Anytime Fitness is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and respectful environment in all of our clubs and workplaces,” a spokesperson said.
Additionally, Christien Mutton, who teaches English as a second language at a private college in Sydney, was also previously identified on social media. Mutton did not respond to a request for comment.
Adam Carrig outside the NSW Parliament House on Saturday.
Former bar owner Adam Carrig, who is facing assault, stalking or intimidation charges related to domestic violence, refused to attend the rally when contacted by police. reporter and then I hung up the phone.
In response to a subsequent text message, she wrote: “FINAL WARNING: Stop texting me now. Your messages are spam. No more = police report, eSafety complaint, court. This is your only warning. November 11, 2025”.
Also at the rally was long-time Sydney NSN member Oscar Tuckfield. Neo-Nazi infiltration of NSW Young Nationals hit headlines in 2018. Another senior northern NSW leader Gabe Seymour, is a former pharmacy student who previously led NSN’s Queensland chapter and sent We glorify the Christchurch terrorist online and share digital blueprints of 3D printed weapons.
NSN, On a late hiring tear, With the help of a close friend of misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate, he flooded social media with propaganda videos. Including recent shows ambush Politicians on the federal election run-up and Secretly running national anti-immigration rallies The Australia March was coined by this imprint as a coordinated neo-Nazi effort to rebrand nationally as “ordinary Australians”. He founded the neo-Nazi political party called White Australia.
In NSW, where NSN has the easiest election prospects, its local branch is growing rapidly. Although it only has a handful of regular members in 2022, about 70 are participating in monthly training camps.
The imprint previously revealed the identities of several Victoria-based NSN members, including soldiers, as part of a major investigation in 2021.
Others include an Australia Post employee and a young race car driver. Another person, an IT employee, was dismissed by his employer after he was identified by local people following the protest. reporter He chose not to give names yet because they could not be reached for comment.
NSN leader Thomas Sewell said on the closed NSN: chat logs obtained by this masthead that most members are not “out” as unmasked Nazis. Sewell claimed that as part of the NSN’s plan to recruit men with access to money and influence, some of them took up high-paying jobs in useful locations such as “government-contracted” places.
Others in the Australian Nazi group also connects directly Many members of banned international terrorist groups, including Sewell, have been convicted or charged with violent attacks. But NSN itself not banned in Australia.
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