British national faces deportation from Australia after cops make disturbing discovery – as Albanese government toughens visa rules in wake of Bondi Beach attack
The Albanian government has canceled the Australian visa of a British citizen accused of displaying Nazi symbols in a bid to curb hate speech.
The 43-year-old man was taken to an immigration detention center in Brisbane and faces deportation.
He was charged with four criminal code breaches after police found swords bearing swastikas at his home in Queensland.
The man is also accused of using social media to promote Nazi ideology and incite violence against the Jewish community.
The 43-year-old man is expected to appear in court in January but has the option to leave Australia voluntarily before being legally deported.
The move comes after the Albanian government vowed to take a tougher approach to hate speech and make it easier to cancel visas following the Bondi Beach attack.
Home Secretary Tony Burke said the British citizen ‘came here for hate’ and had no right to ‘stay’.
The minister pressed for a tougher approach to canceling visas, particularly for those who have displayed hate symbols or engaged in hate speech or slander in the past.
Home Secretary Tony Burke said British citizen ‘came here for hate’ and had no right to ‘stay’
‘Effectively, we will make it easier for the Australian Federal Police to successfully prosecute those who use and display hate symbols,’ he said.
‘We will also make changes to the Customs Act so that, although it is against the law to keep these people in Australia, it will be easier for them to be caught at the border if they are seen at the border.’
Police charged the British national under the government’s existing laws after canceling his visa on December 8.
The Australian Federal Police said the man was arrested following a week-long operation carried out by National Security Investigations teams targeting people using far-right paraphernalia and other illegal symbols.
The man allegedly used two different accounts on X (formerly Twitter) to display the Nazi swastika and other offensive content on various occasions between October 10 and November 5, 2025.
Police alleged that the social media platform blocked the man’s main account, which led to the creation of a second account which he used to continue posting offensive, harmful and targeted content.
It is also alleged that he used
On Tuesday, Burke said the government was investigating the ‘method and motivation’ behind the Bondi Beach terror attack.
Tough new laws on gun control and hate speech come after 15 people were killed and 42 injured in the Bondi Beach terror attack (pictured, memorial service for victims)
Naveed Akram, 24, (pictured) and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire with military-grade weapons on hundreds of people attending the first day of the Jewish festival
He announced that he and a group of senior officials from the attorney general, police, justice departments, home affairs, as well as state and territory prime minister’s offices, met earlier this week.
The group discussed the implementation of strict gun control measures as well as the hate speech policies adopted by the national cabinet in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
‘We will now draft instructions for the Commonwealth components of the legislative changes,’ Burke said.
‘Some of these draft instructions will be published tomorrow. The others will be right after Christmas.
‘The Hate Crimes Database and National Firearms Registry are being stepped up to provide the best possible information to both the public at large and gun licensing authorities.’
The deadly attack at Bondi Beach was revealed just before 7pm on December 14 as hundreds of people gathered for the Hanukkah by the Sea event.
Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid, 50, allegedly opened fire with military-grade weapons on hundreds of people attending the first day of the Jewish festival.
In the nine-minute attack, 16 people, including the gunman Sajid, were killed and 42 people were injured.
The victims included 10-year-old Matilda; Edith Brutman, 68; Dan Elkayam, 27; Boris Gurman (69) and his wife Sofia (61); Alex Kleytman, 87; Yaakov Levitan, 39; Peter Meagher, 61; Reuven Morrison, 62; Marika Pogany, 82; Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41; Adam Smyth, 50; Boris Tettleroyd, 68; Tania Tretiak, 68; and Tibor Weitzen, 78.
