Several thousand people have joined an anti-immigration
Several thousand people have joined an anti-immigration march in Sydney on Sunday where protesters chanted “send them back” and a neo-Nazi organisation handed out fliers promoting “white Australia”.
The March for Australia protest in Haymarket, organised by a disparate collection of online groups, was one of several held across capital cities on Sunday.
The crowd bearing Australian flags marched from Belmore Park near Central Station to Victoria Park in Camperdown.
Speakers including the NSW Libertarian
Speakers including the NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick addressed the crowd. He told the crowd he supported a “five year pause” on immigration, but was repeatedly drowned out by cheers of “send them back”.
Among the main organisers was a woman who uses the pseudonym Bec Freedom.
In a speech cut short because she said she was losing her voice, she told the crowd Australia was “going downhill quickly” and led one of several chants of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi.”
Freedom, who claimed there were “at
Several thousand people have joined an anti-immigration march in Sydney on Sunday where protesters chanted “send them back” and a neo-Nazi organisation handed out fliers promoting “white Australia”. The March for Australia protest in Haymarket, organised by a disparate collection of online groups, was one of several held across capital cities on Sunday. The crowd bearing Australian flags marched from Belmore Park near Central Station to Victoria Park in Camperdown. Speakers including the NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick addressed the crowd. He told the crowd he supported a “five year pause” on immigration, but was repeatedly drowned out by cheers of “send them back”. Among the main organisers was a woman who uses the pseudonym Bec Freedom. In a speech cut short because she said she was losing her voice, she told the crowd Australia was “going downhill quickly” and led one of several chants of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi.” Freedom, who claimed there were “at least 15k” people in the crowd, is one of several organisers linked to white supremacy groups.
The neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network had said it would attend the protest. A group of about 30 men in black and wearing the group’s badge were among the crowd.
As an Australian flag beach ball was knocked around the crowd before the march, the group handed out leaflets to the crowd stating “white Australia must organise”.
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