Overview

• Former minister Ed Husic rejected the prime minister’s assertion that “good people” attended the anti‑immigration rallies, saying he has “not seen a good fascist yet.”
• The public pushback followed caucus unease a day earlier, when Labor MP Mary Doyle questioned the language used to describe attendees.
• Leaders from both major parties condemned neo‑Nazis at the events, even as some described other protesters as people of goodwill who were “hijacked.”
• Reports detailed Nazi slogans, racist chants and harassment, with Indian and Jewish Australians singled out and an attack reported at Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty.
• Anthony Albanese warned far‑right groups are using the protests to recruit and deepen online polarisation, as Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price retracted a claim about partisan migration motives and reaffirmed Australia’s nondiscriminatory policy.