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*{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Brianna |title=Neo-Nazi arrested after security guard allegedly attacked |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/news/victoria/neonazi-arrested-after-security-guard-allegedly-attacked/news-story/70bdc06b6951ae7cc0ec1d4bc335b2f3 |website=The Mercury (Hobart) |publisher=[[News Corp Australia]] |access-date=7 March 2021 |quote=Neo-nazi Thomas Sewell, 27, has been charged with affray, recklessly cause injury and unlawful assault.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/australian-white-nationalists-reveal-plans-to-recruit-disgruntled-white-male-population | title=Australian white nationalists reveal plans to recruit 'disgruntled, white male population' | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=11 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/christchurch-shooter-was-active-with-australian-far-right-groups-online-but-escaped-police-attention | title=Christchurch shooter was active with Australian far-right groups online but escaped police attention | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=8 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name="the Guardian-2023">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell avoids jail time over 'brutal' attack on Nine Network security guard |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/12/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-avoids-jail-time-over-brutal-attack-on-nine-network-security-guard |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en |agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref> He is the leader of the [[National Socialist Network]], the European Australian Movement and founder of the [[Lads Society]]. The groups led by Sewell focus on promoting [[White supremacy]] and far-right activism in Australia. He is known for associating with other prominent neo-Nazis and for controversial public stunts.
 
In 2017 Sewell attempted to recruit Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the eventual perpetrator of the 2019 [[Christchurch mosque shooting]], into the Lads Society.<ref name="Begley-2019">{{cite web |last1=Begley |first1=Patrick |title=Threats from white extremist group that 'tried to recruit Tarrant' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/threats-from-white-extremist-group-that-tried-to-recruit-tarrant-20190501-p51j5w.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=May 2019 |publisher=Nine |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> In October 2023 he was sentenced to a prison term of one month and seven days,<ref name="The Guardian-2023">{{cite web | title=Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to time served over attack on hikers in Victorian state park | website=The Guardian | date=27 October 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/27/neo-nazi-leader-sentenced-to-time-served-over-attack-on-hikers-in-victorian-state-park | access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> after attacking hikers at Victoria's [[Cathedral Range (Victoria)|Cathedral Range]].<ref name="The Guardian-2023"/><ref name="Pearson-2023" /><ref name="ABC News-2021">{{Cite news |date=2021-05-14 |title=Australian neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell charged over alleged armed robbery |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-14/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-arrested-melbourne/100140902 |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="the Guardian-2023a">{{cite web | agency=Australian Associated Press | title=Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to time served over attack on hikers in Victorian state park | website=the Guardian | date=27 October 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/27/neo-nazi-leader-sentenced-to-time-served-over-attack-on-hikers-in-victorian-state-park | access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
 
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