Northern Territory Police Minister Defends Posts Quoting Nazi General, Praising Putin

Northern Territory Police Minister Brent Potter has come under scrutiny for sharing material on Facebook that quoted a Nazi commander and expressed opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement. The content was allegedly posted over a six-year-period and could be viewed publically until his social media accounts were deactivated on the day he was preselected for Territory Labor in 2022. One of the posts, shared to his Facebook wall in 2016, featured a quote by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel stating: “In the absence of orders go find something and kill it.” The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has condemned the post as “not acceptable” and warned it could “glamourise” figures associated with the Nazi regime....