Australia’s PM urges vigilance, plays down anti-migrant protests


FILE PHOTO: Police detain a protester taking part in the "March for Australia" anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on August 31, 2025. - AFP

CANBERRA: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese downplayed anti-immigration protests over the weekend in major Australian cities but urged vigilance after Neo-Nazis addressed some rallies.

"They weren’t big numbers in the scheme of things, in a nation of almost 27 million people, let’s be clear here,” Albanese told ABC TV on Monday (Sept 1), referring to the protesters. "There has always been an element of people who would appeal to anti-immigration as a platform.”

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