NSW MP rebuffed by security after asking to relocate planned neo-Nazi protest away from parliament

Greg Piper says one of his staffers told him about the protest and his request to move it away from the building could not be facilitated

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The New South Wales speaker says he asked parliamentary security to relocate Saturday's neo-Nazi rally but was told his request to move it from the front of the building was not possible.

Greg Piper, the house speaker in NSW's Legislative Assembly, told Guardian Australia a member of his staff advised him about the planned rally late on Friday afternoon.