Sydney Trains frontline employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House

Transport for NSW has stood down a frontline employee after he attended a neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House.

One of the men dressed in all black with black sunglasses on was identified as Sydney Trains employee Cooper Stephens by The Sydney Morning Herald this morning.

Sydney Trains said it was "very concerned with the matter" and has taken action against Stephens.

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"In the interim, Sydney Trains has directed the employee not to attend work while the matter is examined," Sydney Trains said in a statement this afternoon.

"The employee's role is frontline and his actions are not supported by Sydney Trains or Transport for NSW and are not in line with public sector values."

Dozens of black-clad members of the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network stood outside Parliament House on Saturday to pose for a photo with a banner reading "abolish the Jewish lobby".

The incident raised concerns about why their form one application to protest had been approved 10 days before the rally, without NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon and Premier Chris Minns knowing.

The application, which was addressed to the police commissioner, explicitly stated that the neo-Nazis wanted to protest against Jewish lobby groups.

Lanyon conceded there was a "communication error" which left him and the government in the dark.

Minns has used the situation to call for new legislation and tougher penalties on hate speech.

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"It's obviously shameful that these people feel that they have the right to demonstrate in such a despicable, hateful way, spewing division and racism on the streets of Sydney," he said at a press conference later that same day.

NSW Council of Civil Liberties Tim Roberts said it was hypocritical that the neo-Nazi rally was allowed to go ahead when NSW Police had attempted to block pro-Palestine protests at the city's monuments like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

Two female MPs who condemned the neo-Nazi rally, Liberal Kellie Sloane and Independent Allegra Spender, were threatened with sexual violence and death online, with social media posts referred to police for further investigation.

National Socialist Network's New Zealand-born leader, Thomas Sewell, was behind bars during the rally outside Parliament House after allegedly leading his group to violently attack people at a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne following a March for Australia rally on August 31.

He was, however, granted bail today, with the judge finding the prosecution had failed to prove that he posed a risk to the community.

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