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abc_au 36d ago 131a0a62… source ↗
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.
abc_au
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.
gdelt
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.
gdelt
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.
gdelt
Jacob Hersant shouted 'we don't want to be welcomed' and 'what about the Anzacs' during the Welcome to Country ceremony.
gdelt
Michael Nelson said "Australia for the white man" and "fighting for" during the ceremony when told to stop and show respect.
gdelt
Neo-Nazis who disrupted an Anzac Day dawn service by booing a Welcome to Country have pledged to continue their crusade.
gdelt

Framing · 4 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)

abc_au “Three white supremacists who loudly booed” → Three individuals who booed
gdelt “Neo-Nazis who disrupted” → Individuals who disrupted
gdelt “deliberately goaded them with opinions calculated to cause distress” → Nelson said 'Australia for the white man' and 'fighting for'
gdelt “pledged to continue their crusade” → Neo-Nazis have pledged to continue their activities

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