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Police were forced to intervene after protestors clashed with each other at a rally in Adelaide on Sunday. Crowds in their thousands converged on the city for SA's March for Australia. But the peaceful protest took a turn when a member of a far-right group took to the megaphone. Similar rallies were held in cities across the country, with hostilities running high and some events turning violent. Thousands of protestors have marched through Adelaide demanding a cut to immigration. But the largely peaceful protest became heated when a group of Neo Nazis took to the stage. Violent scenes also played out in other cities across the country. As demonstrators clashed with counter protestors, one another and police.

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00:00Protesters turn on each other and police forced to intervene.
00:10After organisers tried to stop a member of neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network from addressing the crowd.
00:18They say the speech didn't align with the rally.
00:21The event's about mass immigration at a time when Aussies are struggling. It's not anti-migration.
00:27It came after protesters marched from Rundle Park along North Terrace, many waving Australian flags and placards.
00:35Among them a sign of alleged police killer and self-described sovereign citizen Desi Freeman.
00:41I'm here because I think that we have not enough resources, not enough homes.
00:46The crime is absolutely terrible.
00:48In Melbourne, violence erupted as men dressed in black led anti-immigration demonstrators in clashes with counter-protesters.
00:57Nazis go! Nazis go!
00:59And a known neo-Nazi leader, who was arrested in Adelaide on Australia Day, invited to speak.
01:04Final speaker for today is Thomas Sowell.
01:09Clashes played out in Sydney, where neo-Nazis also took the stand.
01:13There are patriots assembled in every city around this country. This is just the beginning of a new wave of nationalism in Australia.
01:20But were booed by others.
01:21You let him not go home.
01:23Bob Catter was cheered in Townsville, days after threatening a journalist for referencing his Lebanese heritage.
01:28When oppression becomes law, then resistance becomes duty.
01:35In Hobart, a brief moment of peace between divided opinion. Back home, both sides of politics condemning the rally.
01:42The people who are protesting today are naive to this state and this nation's own history.
01:49I think people need to pull their head in and remember that there is much more, much more that unites us than divides us.
01:55Organisers say about 10,000 turned out in Adelaide, but police estimate there were 15,000, including counter-protesters.
02:03Three men were arrested, one for assaulting police, two others for wearing articles of disguise and failing to give personal details.
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