A young man accused of importing "disturbing" and violent anti-Semitic material and instructions on waging a terrorist race war has been kept behind bars.
Zachary Jarrod Hulse was arrested earlier in December as part of an Australian Federal Police operation targeting alleged neo-Nazis in Queensland and NSW.
The 21-year-old airconditioning technician from the Brisbane bayside suburb of Manly applied for bail in Queensland Supreme Court last week.
Justice Tom Sullivan handed down his bail decision on Tuesday.
Hulse was accused of importing 160 publications concerning Nazi movements and leaders, and holocaust denial.
One of the alleged publications was a collection of essays advocating for neo-Nazi lone wolf terrorist attacks.
He was also accused of using the chat application Telegram to share videos related to the Christchurch mosque mass shooting.
"Clearly this material refers to anti-Semitic sites, anti-Islam sites and sites associated with white supremacy," Justice Sullivan said.
Police allegedly found a PDF file on Hulse's phone of theory and instructions around committing terrorist attacks.
"The second part was titled 'A Practical Guide' and includes instructions titled such as assassinations, terror bombing and sabotage," Justice Sullivan said.
Hulse was also accused of importing two Nazi flags and three black balaclavas, two of which had skulls printed on their lower jaw.
"The material of a repellent nature - it is not at the absolute upper mark of offending - but it is nonetheless disturbing," Justice Sullivan said.
Hulse was charged with two counts of possessing violent extremist material following a police search of his family's home on December 3.
He had been under police scrutiny for months beforehand, Justice Sullivan heard.
"In February 2025 police commenced an investigation in relation to importation into Australia by (Hulse) of material that called for deliberate acts of violence against minorities in order to carry out a race war," Justice Sullivan said.
Hulse has been in custody for 11 days.
Defence legal counsel had argued Hulse should be granted bail as he was a young man who had just turned 21, was employed with no criminal record and had provided passcodes to his devices.
Hulse was willing to abide by strict bail conditions.
Prosecutors had opposed bail and argued there was no proof of exceptional circumstances or conditions that would reduce the risk of Hulse committing offences after release.
Hulse had been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and Asperger's syndrome but there was no evidence as to how much these conditions affected his life, Justice Sullivan said.
He rejected a defence submission that Hulse would likely not face a custodial sentence if convicted.
"I'm not satisfied exceptional circumstances exist in this case to justify bail," Justice Sullivan said.
"It dictates I must not grant bail. The application is dismissed."
