Senator Fraser Anning attends anti crime rally in Melbourne
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Politicians have called into question Senator Fraser Anning's right to stand in parliament after he attended a anti crime rally in Melbourne yesterday.
Mr Anning was invited to speak at the rally of around 300 people on St Kilda Beach, organised by Blair Cottrell and Neil Erikson.
The anti crime group claimed to be meeting to "discuss" Melbourne's youth crime problem.
Politicians have called into question Senator Fraser Anning's right to stand in parliament after he attended a anti-crime rally in Melbourne yesterday. (AAP)A struggle to keep the peace has been witnessed at Melbourne's St Kilda Beach as anti-crime and pro-crime supporters faced off. (AAP)
"Australia has had enough. I think this is the start of something bigger," Mr Anning said during his speech."I believe that the revolution will eventually start and people have had enough of these people and they have to be sent back to where they came from."
Many of the anti African crime group were filmed performing Roman salutes.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has since called Mr Anning fit to stand in parliament, while Labor MP Tim Watts described his behavior as radical.
Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch has slammed Mr Anning's move as "interesting".
Far Left-wing activists attended the beach to confront a group looking to 'discuss' Melbourne's youth crime problem. (AAP)Cottrell and Erikson were convicted in 2017 for inciting contempt and ridicule of Muslims by making a video in which they beheaded a dummy with a toy sword. (9NEWS)
Mr Anning stirred controversy last year after suggesting a national vote be used to determine who can enter Australia.
He called it a "final solution" during his first speech to Parliament.
The term evoked language used by the Nazis when discussing plans to deport and exterminate in World War II.
Meanwhile three people were arrested yesterday as the group faced off against counter-protesters.
The showing was organised by Blair Cottrell and Neil Erikson. (9NEWS)The pair have claimed the rally is a response to recent incidents in Melbourne. (9NEWS)
Scores of police, including lines of officers mounted on horses, were sent to patrol the famous beach hours prior to the two groups
A human wall of officers was formed between the two opposing groups, and people who broke the line were forced by officers to the ground and capsicum sprayed.
Two 18-year-old males were arrested during the operation as well as another person for a breach of bail. Multiple other people were also detained for public order disturbances.
The event's organisers, Cottrell and Erikson, were convicted in 2017 and fined in the Magistrates Court for inciting contempt and ridicule of Muslims.
The officers were put on standby for hours prior to the two meetings. (AAP)Police from the riot and dog squads, as well as transit branches, attended the beach in the hundreds. (AAP)
They were convicted over a video in which they were seen beheading a dummy with a toy sword in protest against the building of the Bendigo mosque.
Erikson confronted a group of young men of African background last week who were playing soccer at St Kilda, prompting police intervention.
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