A senior member of the neo-Nazi group that held an anti-Jewish protest outside NSW Parliament House has had his visa cancelled and will be deported back to his native South Africa.

Civil engineer Matthew Gruter, one of the 60-odd black clad neo-Nazis who staged a made-for-social-media rally outside parliament on November 9, has been living in Australia with his influencer wife for about three years.

The Department of Home Affairs prepared a brief for the Albanese government to consider Gruter’s visa status after he took part in the event organised by the National Socialist Network. His visa was cancelled on Monday.

“If you are on a visa you are a guest,” Immigration Minister Tony Burke said in a statement to this masthead. “If you’re a citizen you’re a full member of the Australian fa

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