Australian nationalists have rallied against the construction of a mosque in the south Australian city of Bendigo. The anti-Islam demonstration was outnumbered by anti-racist counter-protesters slamming intolerance and islamophobia.
The protesters sang the Australian national anthem, waved Australian flags, and held banners condemning Islam. Blair Cottrell, one of the leaders of the UPF, gave a speech to the protesters where he criticized the “global agenda” for flooding Australia with “third world immigrants.”