Rex Martinich
A younger man accused of importing “disturbing” and violent anti-Semitic materials and directions on waging a terrorist race warfare has been saved behind bars.
Zachary Jarrod Hulse was arrested earlier in December as a part of an Australian Federal Police operation concentrating on alleged neo-Nazis in Queensland and NSW.
The 21-year-old airconditioning technician from the Brisbane bayside suburb of Manly utilized for bail within the Queensland Supreme Court final week.
Justice Tom Sullivan handed down his bail resolution on Tuesday.
Hulse was accused of importing 160 publications regarding Nazi actions and leaders, and Holocaust denial.
One of the alleged publications was a group of essays advocating for neo-Nazi lone-wolf terrorist assaults.
Hulse was additionally accused of utilizing the chat app Telegram to share movies associated to the Christchurch mosque mass capturing.
“Clearly this materials refers to anti-Semitic websites, anti-Islam websites, and websites related to white supremacy,” Sullivan mentioned.
Police allegedly discovered a PDF file on Hulse’s cellphone with principle and directions for committing terrorist assaults.
“The second half was titled ‘A Practical Guide’ and included directions titled [things] corresponding to ‘assassinations’, ‘terror bombing’ and ‘sabotage’,” Sullivan mentioned.
Hulse was additionally accused of importing two Nazi flags and three black balaclavas, two of which had skulls printed on their decrease jaw.
“The materials is of a repellent nature – it’s not on the absolute higher mark of offending, however it’s nonetheless disturbing,” Sullivan mentioned.
Hulse was charged with two counts of possessing violent extremist materials following a police search of his household’s residence on December 3.
He had been underneath police scrutiny for months beforehand, Sullivan heard.
“In February 2025, police commenced an investigation in relation to the importation into Australia by [Hulse] of fabric that referred to as for deliberate acts of violence in opposition to minorities so as to perform a race warfare,” Sullivan mentioned.
Hulse has been in custody for 11 days.
His defence counsel argued he ought to be granted bail as he was a younger man who had simply turned 21, was employed with no felony file, and had offered passcodes to his units.
Hulse was additionally keen to abide by strict bail circumstances.
Prosecutors opposed bail, arguing there was no proof of remarkable circumstances or circumstances that would scale back the danger of Hulse committing offences after his launch.
Hulse had been recognized with obsessive compulsive dysfunction and Asperger’s syndrome, however there was no proof as to how a lot these circumstances affected his life, Sullivan mentioned.
He rejected a defence submission that Hulse would probably not face a custodial sentence if convicted.
“I’m not glad distinctive circumstances exist on this case to justify bail,” Sullivan mentioned.
“It dictates I need to not grant bail. The utility is dismissed.”
AAP
