NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon conceded he was unaware the neo-Nazi protest had been authorised. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS

A newly-appointed police commissioner is facing his first hot-seat challenge, having to explain why permission was given for a neo-Nazi rally outside a state parliament.

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Barely six weeks into his new job, NSW top cop Mal Lanyon has vowed to get to the bottom of a command-level decision to allow the gathering in Sydney's Macquarie Street on Saturday morning in the wake of laws banning the incitement of racial hatred.

The protest drew the immediate i

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