The March for Australia Aftermath

On Sunday August 31st, thousands of Australians attended rallies held in all capital cities and regional towns calling for an end to mass immigration.

Politicians from the major parties both at the federal and state levels condemned the rallies, saying hate, division and racism have no place in Australia.

Present at the march in Canberra were One Nation Senators Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, and Tyron Whitten. 

Bob Katter attended the Townsville March and, at a press conference earlier in the week, when 9News reporter Josh Bavas raised his Lebanese heritage.

The August 31 date was born from a viral TikTok video from an 18-year-old South Australian man who called for Australians to “take this country back”. This date was reposted across other social media platforms, particularly X.

The momentum was unstoppable, but then the question was who would be organising them. 

Bec Freedom, whose real name is Bec Walker, revealed herself to be the Sydney organiser. Auspill, whose real name is Hugo Lennon, was announced by Bec as the Melbourne organiser. 

Freedom activists Joel Jammal, Topher Field and Craig Cole made videos voicing their displeasure at the lack of transparency about the marches and who would be speaking.

X Space audio was shared of Bec Freedom from a discussion about the Cronulla riots, where she said we need violence. Bec apologised for this when interviewed by 2GB’s Ben Fordham.

Another point of contention was Bec’s statement that the National Socialist Network would be welcome at the marches since they shared the organisers’ goals of ending mass migration. 

So-called Anti racists who were planning to counter the marches, breaking off from the weekly pro-Palestine marches, seized on this statement to claim these were Nazi marches.

But political and media condemnation of marches did not deter turnout, with at least 10,000 attending the March for Australia in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. They easily outnumbered the pro-Palestine and counter-protestors.

But it was in Melbourne, where the militant socialist Antifa thugs are allowed to roam the streets with impunity, that several marchers were attacked. 

The Melbourne march also had the largest contingent of uniformed National Socialist Network members in attendance who were at the front of the march when it went through the CBD. The NSN defended their presence by arguing that they cleared the march route of communists.

But their most controversial actions in Melbourne were pushing Avi Yemini and Rukshan Fernando away from the Flinders Street station meeting place. 

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During the "March for Australia" rally in Melbourne, the rally, organized as an anti-immigration demonstration, descended into chaos between National Socialist Network (NSN) members and Avi Yemini, a Jewish-Israeli Australian journalist, and his team. pic.twitter.com/DRyYBh75lb

— orange 🍊 (@orange4u28) August 31, 2025

This was payback from when Avi got Nick Patterson to kick out NSN members from his pro-Christian rally after black Nazi Dang Pal revealed he was wearing a Heil Hitler shirt.

After the march had concluded, NSN members, including Thomas Sewell charged at the Aboriginal Camp Sovereignty in the Kings Domain. Sewell claimed this was self-defence after several NSN members were attacked nearby while going back to their cars.

Neo-Nazis have rushed and attacked Melbourne's Camp Sovereignty in an emboldened display of violence following yesterday's white supremacist-linked anti-immigration protests.

Vision shows the group, which included neo-Nazi and National Socialist Network leader Thomas Sewell,… pic.twitter.com/JUUKZc9jUL

— 10 News Melbourne (@10NewsMelb) August 31, 2025

Thomas Sewell was invited to speak at the Melbourne march and delivered normie normie-tailored speech. While in Sydney NSN members Joel Davis and Jack Eltis spoke on the open mic explicitly in favour of a white Australia.

Thomas Sewell was on trial this week at the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on charges of intimidating a police officer. On his way to court on Tuesday morning he saw the Premier Jacinta Allan holding a press conference in a West Melbourne Park and decided to confront her about her condemnation of the march for Australia.

Thomas Sewell questions Premier Jacinta Allan about protest laws at a press conference in Melbourne

Sewell: “Why don’t Australians have the right to protest?” pic.twitter.com/7Hmn1j6K22

— Clown Down Under 🤡 (@clowndownunder) September 2, 2025

Outside of court Sewell told the assembled media that it was coincidence he encountered the Premier.

After confronting the premier, while leaving court for another matter, Thomas Sewell clarified how he came to know of the press conference. https://t.co/VC3WPWvZXj pic.twitter.com/ywqc0CTkp7

— Chriscoveries (@Chriscoveries) September 2, 2025

Jacinta Allan released a video to social media reacting to Sewell turning up at her press conference 

There is no place for hate in our state. Whoever you are, whoever you love, whoever you pray to – I’ll always fight for your right to belong. pic.twitter.com/F30S9v3tI5

— Jacinta Allan (@JacintaAllanMP) September 2, 2025

That afternoon, after court was adjourned, Sewell, NSN member Nathan Bull and a third man were arrested and charged over the confrontation at Camp Sovereignty. Bull was bailed while Sewell was remanded in custody. Sewell was hit with 21 charges, including violent disorder, affray, assault, discharging a missile and other offences. He was formally denied bail by Magistrate Donna Bakos, who said people had the right to go about their lives without being confronted by hateful speech.

Victoria Police complained about having to keep the peace at the rally because of the 450 police officers they’ve sent to hunt down Dezi Freeman in Porepunkah after he killed two police officers who were part of a team executing a search warrant on his property on Tuesday. Victoria Police now believe he is being safe harboured by someone and not hiding in the high country. Victoria Police are now offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Dezi Freeman.

One of the March signs in Adelaide had Freeman’s and name on it. The 39-year-old man holding the sign has been charged with displaying offensive material in a public place.

Because so many ordinary Australians attended who heard about the rally online, who didn’t take seriously that Nazis could be present as so many are called Nazi these day, it turned many sceptics and critics into supporters of the March for Australia.

However, Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced this week that there would be no change to the Albanese Government’s plan to make 185,000 permanent visas available for the 2025-26 financial year.

There are more marches for Australia planned. Freedom-aligned groups are planning a nationwide rally on Saturday, 3 September, against Government corruption.

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