School leavers planning to celebrate overseas have been urged to take extra care after recent high-profile methanol poisonings in south-east Asia.

Michelle Jones and Samantha Morton, the mothers of Melbourne teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, who tragically died of methanol poisoning in Laos last year, are supporting a campaign urging young travellers and their parents to be aware of the risks ahead of the schoolies period.

Six people in total died after drinking tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos in November last year.

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"It's very raw, very upsetting, but we've got to do this for the greater good," Jones said.

The campaign is being conducted by DrinkWise and Smart Traveller, and will see multiple public information efforts come into effect.

DrinkWise said it would team up with Smartraveller on the key schoolies travel date of November 29 to have people at international airport terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane to pass on safety advice to ex-students.

The campaign will see targeted advertisements and messages sent to the phones of teenagers as soon as they set foot in Australian airports, with in-flight video messages also to be played on international Jetstar flights.

"DrinkWise research shows school-leavers are making safer choices at schoolies, but timely reminders remain critical," DrinkWise chief executive Simon Strahan said.

"This is real, issues like methanol poisoning are real."

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Morton said she urged parents to have conversations about the safe consumption of alcohol with their children before they go on schoolies trips abroad.

"Be aware of the dangers, have a plan, talk to your children, make sure they do know what to do when they do get sick, it's only going to help save lives," she said.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she is still seeking answers from Laotian authorities as to why no one has been charged over last year's tragic poisoning.

She said she has reached out to representatives from Laos 50 times, but is yet to receive a response.

"We continue to offer AFP assistance, we've reiterated that offering including yesterday," Wong said.

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Multiple fire crews were called to the scene about 7.25pm.

A tip called in by a 13-year-old boy led police to intercept a potential "kill car" in Sydney's west and arrest three men.

The revelation comes as a fourth man is still at large after a pursuit and police have warned he should be considered "armed and dangerous".

Police were called to Regina Street in Greystanes at about 5.15pm yesterday after reports came in of four people wearing balaclavas in a black SUV.

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9News understands the tip was called in by a 13-year-old boy who noticed the group.

Three men allegedly in the car were arrested: Rodger Tell, 19; Madgy Hassan, 20; and Kanu Bringi, 22.

The school student allegedly spotted the men wearing ski masks in the stolen Mercedes before filming the moment.

Police were called and arrived shortly thereafter, before a pursuit began. 

Police will allege the SUV reached speeds of up to 80km/h in 50km/h streets.

The car allegedly also drove on the wrong side of the road and through multiple sets of red lights.

"I was just out the front, and a car flew past and the next thing you know three cop cars are chasing it, sirens are going," a witness told 9News.

The SUV hit a parked car in Paton Street in Merrylands West and the occupants fled on foot.

Two men were arrested a short time later after a foot chase, while a third was arrested with the assistance of PolAir and the canine unit.

"Police were everywhere, running into the park, sirens blaring," another witness told 9News.

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Detective Superintendent Simon Glasser said the third man had been found in the backyard of a nearby property.

Police allegedly seized a loaded sawn-off shotgun from under the driver's seat of the SUV, while two jerry cans were found in the car's rear.

"What the vehicle was being used for is still under investigation, however, it's quite obvious that we've disrupted some further serious crime," Glasser said.

He said the investigation had not so far turned up any links to previous offences.

Checks allegedly revealed the car was stolen from Balwyn in Melbourne.

Three men, aged 19, 20, and 22, have been charged with weapons and stolen car offences.

The fourth occupant of the vehicle remains on the run.

Glasser said the man was of African appearance and believed to be aged between 18 and his early 20s.

He said the man should be considered "armed and dangerous" as police were unsure if he had any further access to firearms.

The three men in custody are known to police, Glasser said.

Two of the men had their matters adjourned, while the accused driver had his bail refused.

"He's entered pleas of not guilty at this stage, so we'll continue with the court process," lawyer Ibrahim Sweedan said.

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A neo-Nazi who attended a Sydney rally has been detained a day after his visa was cancelled and he is expected to be deported to South Africa.

Matthew Gruter has been in Australia for around three years before the federal government revoked his visa after he was identified as having been at the protest.

At 4am today, Gruter was picked up by Australian Border Force agents from his North Sydney unit.

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He is now in the Villawood detention centre awaiting deportation to South Africa after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke cancelled his visa.

"He will remain (there) until either he gets his own ticket to leave Australia or otherwise he'll be deported," Burke said. 

"If you're on a visa, you're a guest in Australia, and if a guest turns up at your home, you've got expectations as to how they'll behave," he said yesterday.

"If someone turns up for the purpose of just abusing people and wrecking the place and damaging the cohesion, you can ask them to leave."

Gruter has indicated he will exhaust all legal avenues to stay in Australia.

He is employed as a civil engineer and has travelled widely with his wife.

"There is no place in Australia for those hateful views," Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said.

"Freedom of speech does not extend to being divisive and hateful about people in our community."

On November 8, 60 protesters from the National Socialist Network held up a sign reading "Abolish the Jewish Lobby" outside NSW parliament.

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The neo-Nazis applied to protest ahead of time and made clear their intention to rally against Jewish groups.

They were given the green light by police but both NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon and Premier Chris Minns were unaware of the protest until after it took place.

Police are investigating the failure of officers to notify the senior leadership of the rally.

The demonstration resulted in calls for tougher laws as well as an investigation into why the group was legally allowed to protest outside NSW parliament. 

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Australia's national science agency, the The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has announced it will be axing up to 350 jobs in its research units as funding pressures bite the organisation.

The government agency announced the measures today, saying it needs to invest up to $135 million per year in the next 10 years to continue to be sustainable.

In a statement, the CSIRO said it is facing "long-term financial sustainability challenges, with funding not keeping pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency".

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"After decades of stretching resources to maintain the breadth of its programs and size of its workforce, CSIRO has reached a critical inflection point."

The agency said it reached the decision to slash the jobs in order to receive a "sharpened research focus", where the CSIRO claims to focus on core areas including energy, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics.

CSIRO's strategic direction change comes after an 18-month preview, and chief executive Dr Doug Hilton said the decision, whilst a difficult one, was necessary for the agency to continue to serve Australia.

"These are difficult but necessary changes to safeguard our national science agency so we can continue solving the challenges that matter to Australia and Australians," Hilton said.

"We must set up CSIRO for the decades ahead with a sharpened research focus that capitalises on our unique strengths, allows us to concentrate on the profound challenges we face as a nation and deliver solutions at scale."

Minister for Science Tim Ayres said the focused research direction would help the agency become more efficient and effective and achieving its goals.

"Reform is essential to make sure the facilities, research priorities, and technologies of yesterday meet the needs of tomorrow," he said.

"This, however, does not mean the decision of the independent CSIRO Board and management to reduce staff roles is easy, and I know this news will be difficult for CSIRO staff."

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The job cuts have been slammed by staff some staff at the agency.

"This is a very sad day for publicly funded science in this country, and the Albanese Government is just sitting back and watching it happen," CSIRO Staff Association Section Secretary Susan Tonks said.

"These are some the worst cuts the CSIRO has ever seen, and they're coming at a time when we should be investing in and building up public science.

The Greens have also called on the Albanese government to commit funding to the CSIRO to avoid the job cuts.

"At a time when it has never been more important for governments to invest in science and research, it is shameful that our nation's premier science and research organisation is cutting hundreds of jobs to make ends meet," Greens Senator and spokesperson for Science Peter Whish-Wilson said.

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