Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are

By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne

If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell’s racist and anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of September 2 when he gatecrashed a press conference by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes. In disrupting the conference, Sewell yelled that Australians did not have the right to protest and made the false claim that 50,000 protesters attended the “March for Australia” rally in Melbourne over the weekend.

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