Government condemns neo-Nazi video threatening Lidia Thorpe

The government is widely condemning an apparent neo-Nazi video in which a man appears to burn an Aboriginal flag while reading out various threats, including to Senator Lidia Thorpe.

Appearing on Today this morning, Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten said it was "cowardly and disgusting".

"I wish that bloke would take his hood off so people can see what kind of joker he is," Shorten said.

"The guy can't even remember his lines, he has to read it off a phone."

He said the maker of the video was "gutless" and a "lame-brain".

"I don't know what it is with these man-baby Nazis," he said.

"Wearing a hood so no one can see you. They think they're so tough."

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil labelled the video as "disgusting".

"I have plenty of political differences with Senator Lidia Thorpe but no-one in our country deserves to be treated that way, but certainly not someone living in this country," O'Neill said.

"We cannot live in a strong democracy like Australia around for someone to be treated this way.

"It is appalling disgusting and the Australian Government will be doing everything we can to support Senator Lidia Thorpe through what must be an absolutely terrifying experience."

And the state of Victoria, which already has its own laws banning Nazi iconography, in August introduced a new bill to outlaw performing the Nazi salute.