Police violence against March for Australia counterprotest

The 31 August Australia March, led by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN) through Melbourne, saw repeated large-scale clashes with counter-protesters. Last weekend Victoria Police were determined to prevent contact between opposing groups.

Since then, many NSN members have been arrested and charged with various crimes; most of these An attack on indigenous camp sovereignty It occurred after the August rally. Following this, and as media attention turned to how a neo-Nazi group could attend and organize large rallies around Australia, NSN leadership announced online that the group would not attend the next March Australian rally, which was to be held on 19 October.