00:00Australian flags and choruses of chants.
00:08The young and old gathered across the country for a so-called March for Australia.
00:13When oppression becomes law, then resistance becomes duty.
00:19In Townsville, Bob Cutter was met with cheers, days after threatening a journalist who referenced his Lebanese heritage.
00:27A lot of people criticised me, but when I came off the aeroplane today, everyone was cheering and clapping.
00:33Across the state, protesters blamed mass immigration for the cost of living crisis.
00:38Deportation! Yes!
00:41Airigration! No!
00:43I won't be able to afford a house because of mass migration!
00:46The Brisbane crowd slammed the Prime Minister and the national broadcaster was singled out.
00:51Fake news ABC! Fake news ABC!
00:56As the anti-immigration rally headed towards State Parliament, they came face-to-face with counter-protesters.
01:03Exchanges got heated, but police kept the two sides apart.
01:09Thousands have marched through the streets of Brisbane today, critiquing the federal government on immigration laws.
01:15Streets were shut down, traffic came to a halt.
01:18We're just trying to get to lunch.
01:20It's not the sort of Australia I'd want to live in, you know. This is not what we're about.
01:25There's a strong opinion behind this and a strong feeling.
01:28How logically that's been thought through would be my question.
01:31But, you know, the government are going to take notice of this, that's for sure.
01:34They'd be crazy if they didn't.
01:35Police commended the overall behaviour.
01:38I can report that one man was arrested and has been charged with two counts of assaulting police.
01:44And that another man was detained for a breach of the peace.
01:47But, in the centre of Melbourne, violence erupted.
01:51Anti-immigration protesters were led by men dressed in black who clashed with counter-protesters.
01:57Hopelessly outnumbered, a police officer deployed pepper spray before moving away.
02:02While a woman was slammed to the ground.
02:05A protester launched into a group, knocking over a Channel 9 cameraman.
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