EXCLUSIVE
Men donned in prominent neo-Nazi co-opted insignia marched with yesterday’s One Nation headlined anti-immigrant rally in Melbourne.
The Klaxon can reveal neo-Nazis and associates were active at the event, which marched through the CBD to a stage where attendees were told of the benefits of the White Australia Policy.
Headlining was Victorian One Nation leader — and aspiring Victorian Premier — Warren Pickering.
In second billing, also taking the stage, was fellow Victorian One Nation candidate Mark Nicholson, creator of the party’s controversial Please Explain political cartoons featuring “Bluey”.
The Klaxon witnessed many black-clad attendees donning insignia notoriously associated with neo-Nazism and the — now illegal — National Socialist Network (NSN).
Nazi salutes and Nazi symbols are banned federally, with legislation introduced after the Bondi massacre expanding hate speech laws to include symbols of banned hate groups.
“The very first major legislative act of this country was the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901…and we are standing with them today” – Official Speaker Lachlan Lade
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Men donning neo-Nazi co-opted insignia and clothing of “Will 2 Rise”, a “white nationalist hate group”. Picture: Anthony Klan/The Klaxon
Clothing brand Helly Hanson, logo “HH”, has been co-opted by neo-Nazis seeking to skirt the laws. The “HH” is seen as a nod to “Heil Hitler”.
One of the men (right), wearing black gloves, wore a white supremacy shirt “Will 2 Rise”.
Prominent US anti-racism group the Southern Poverty Law Centre has named the clothing and lifestyle brand a “white nationalist hate group”.
The men did not appear to be open to media interviews, with one responding to The Klaxon taking their photos with: “fuck off”.
No other media appears to have identified neo-Nazi activity at the rally, headlined by an aspiring Victorian premier.
“Headlining was Victorian One Nation leader Warren Pickering”
Yesterday’s rally was headlined by One Nation candidates Warren Pickering and Mark Nicholson. Source: Australia Marches
Official speakers drew heavily on the “great replacement theory”, a US-originated conspiracy that Western “elites” are conspiring to replace white people with people of non-European descent, particularly Africans and Asians.
The “End Mass Migration” rally was part of a “National Rally Tour”, with events planned for Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane in coming weeks.
“One Nation is steering the discussion, steering the political agenda in this country” – Warren Pickering
Yesterday’s “Australia Marches” rally in Melbourne. Picture: Anthony Klan/The Klaxon
“March for Australia”
Last year, on August 31, nation-wide anti-immigration rallies called “March for Australia” were held in major capitals.
The rallies were later revealed to be closely tied the neo-Nazi NSN, which was banned under hate laws introduced following the Bondi massacre.
The “March for Australia” Melbourne event had been addressed by then NSN leader Thomas Sewell.
NSN claimed to have disbanded following the new hate speech laws.
Members subsequently announced plans to create a “White Australia” political party.
NSN members took the Federal Government to the High Court over the hate speech laws and a decision is pending.
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell, wearing “HH”, at a “March for Australia” rally in Melbourne on August 31 last year. Picture: Joel Carrett/AAP
“Australia Marches”
The current “Australia Marches” rallies are “sponsored by” an entity called “The Australian Lobby Group”, run by Scott Challen, 54, a “builder and Aussie patriot” from Queensland.
Challen, from Wynnum West, an outer-eastern bayside suburb of Brisbane, told the rally all temporary visa holders should be sent home.
“Do you know why? Because they’re not Australian citizens,” he said.
“No. And if you’re not an Australian citizen, I don’t give a shit about you.
“I don’t care, sorry. I don’t. I’m done. I’m finished”.
“If you’re not an Australian citizen, I don’t give a shit about you” — Scott Challen
Challen continued:
“There’s a whole bunch of them living in cars and shitting behind trees in the park right now to deliver your burrito at 1:00 in the morning”.
Searches show Challen created “The Australian Lobby Group”, a company, in December last year, and he is listed as its sole director and 100 per cent owner.
Lachlan Lade, who is a registered federal government lobbyist for The Australian Lobby Group praised the White Australia Policy.
“When the six colonies federated into the Commonwealth, the very first major legislative act of this country was the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901,” he said.
“That was the unanimous consensus…and we are standing with them today”.
“Lachlan Lade is a registered federal government lobbyist for The Australian Lobby Group”
One Nation Victoria upper-house candidate Mark Nicholson takes the stage yesterday. Picture: Anthony Klan
An “invasion” by the “third world” was “tearing our cities apart and erasing our culture”.
“We are being systematically replaced in our own homeland,” said Lade.
“We are being systematically replaced in our own homeland” — Lachlan Lade
“It’s not natural migration. It is an invasion planned in the offices and the halls of Canberra.
“We reject the dystopia and the chaos of a multicultural society.
“And we reject the claim — the lie — that an Australian is simply anybody with a passport.
“We reject the claim — the lie — that an Australian is simply anybody with a passport — Lachlan Lade
Lade, a farmer and TikToker from far-north Queensland, said Melbourne, a “metropolis of moral clarity” had been “systematically repurposed into the national epicentre of national degeneracy”.
It was now a city “where our ancestors’ heritage is mocked and the decay of a dying culture is paraded through the streets as if it were a virtue”.
He provided no evidence to support his claims.
One Nation’s Victoria leader Warren Pickering led yesterday’s rally. Picture: Anthony Klan
Pickering said One Nation was “steering the discussion, steering the political agenda in this country”.
“One Nation has been the flag bearer for this cause for a long, long, long time, and it is great to see that it is finally hitting the mainstream,” he said.
“I’m not going to bang on too much about policy specifics and things like that, even though we are in an election campaign here in Victoria.
“I think there’s something more important than that here, and that’s the collective community sentiment,” Pickering said.
“There’s never been more distrust in government in this country than there is right now.”
In announcing Pickering, the emcee stated: “this guy could very well be the premier of this state”.
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