Returning to yesterday’s anti-mass immigration rally in the Perth CBD, WA Premier Roger Cook has just been asked whether a small group of Neo Nazis who attended the march would be charged for shouting ‘Heil Australia’.
The rally was attended by around 10,000 people who were opposing the increase in overseas migration rates since the pandemic, claiming ‘it’s the pace, not the race’ that is placing unsustainable pressure on the country’s housing and infrastructure.
Rallies were held across the country. Perth’s march was deemed mostly peaceful by police, with 11 move on notices issued, and three people arrested.
Here’s what Cook had to say about the Neo Nazis who marched at the event, and whether they should be charged under new anti-semitism laws for shouting ‘Heil Australia’.
“I’ll leave that up to the police, that’s an operational issue. Obviously, it’s incredibility offensive and I think an absolute opposite to the values that all Australians embrace,” he said.
“We want Australia to be an inclusive society, a safe society, these people are directly trying to undermine the Australian way of life, and everyone should reject them, their values and their actions.
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“Obviously [the rally] was under very close scrutiny by the police, if anyone transgresses laws that police believe should be prosecuted, they’ll obviously make arrests and prosecute.
“Let’s be very clear, not everyone at that rally yesterday was a racist, but that rally did provide comfort to racists and extremists in Australia.
“They would have looked at that rally and thought, ‘there is a good breeding ground for our evil and nasty campaign to drive division and hatred in the West Australian community’.”
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