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Neo-Nazi hecklers found guilty over Anzac Day booing
Neo-Nazi hecklers found guilty over Anzac Day booing
Three white supremacists who loudly booed during a Welcome to Country ceremony at an Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne have been found guilty of offensive behaviour.
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Three white supremacists were found guilty of offensive behaviour for booing during a Welcome to Country ceremony at an Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne.
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Jacob Hersant, 27, Michael Nelson, 22, and Nathan Bull, 24, were found guilty and sentenced for behaving in an offensive manner in a public place during the Anzac Day dawn service at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance in 2025.
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Ian Harvey Lomax, 35, was found guilty and punished for offensive behaviour related to the booing incident at the Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne.
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During the Anzac Day dawn service at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, about 50,000 people were present as Bunurong elder Mark Brown began to deliver a Welcome to Country when the peace was broken by heckles and boos from the crowd.
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Jacob Hersant shouted 'we don't want to be welcomed' and 'what about the Anzacs' during the Welcome to Country ceremony.
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Michael Nelson said "Australia for the white man" and "fighting for" during the ceremony when told to stop and show respect.
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Neo-Nazis who disrupted an Anzac Day dawn service by booing a Welcome to Country have pledged to continue their crusade.
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Framing · 4 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)
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“Three white supremacists who loudly booed”
→ Three individuals who booed
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“Neo-Nazis who disrupted”
→ Individuals who disrupted
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“deliberately goaded them with opinions calculated to cause distress”
→ Nelson said 'Australia for the white man' and 'fighting for'
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“pledged to continue their crusade”
→ Neo-Nazis have pledged to continue their activities
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