People who chant Nazi slogans or invoke Nazi “characteristics” would face up to two years in prison and a $22,000 fine under laws introduced to state parliament on Wednesday.

But the government is refusing to release the findings of an independent review of hate speech offences, which it received days before the National Socialist Network (NSN) rally outside Parliament House on November 8.

Premier Chris Minns on Wednesday could not say how the new laws would prevent neo-Nazi rallies from happening, only that they would give police more scope to make arrests.

The National Socialist Network holding a rally outside NSW Parliament in Sydney on November 8. Credit: Flavio Brancaleone

His government also confirmed it was not looking to make any changes to electoral laws to prevent the NS

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