{"id":734020,"date":"2026-06-13T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734020\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:50:10","slug":"protesters-clash-outside-one-nation-fundraiser-while-labor-says-opposition-parties-will-give-us-chaos-one-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734020\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters clash outside One Nation fundraiser while Labor says opposition parties will \u2018give us chaos\u2019 | One Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Protesters have clashed with Pauline Hanson supporters, with one man given a move on notice outside a Melbourne venue hosting a One Nation<\/a> fundraiser on Friday.<\/p>\n

Michael Nelson, who was convicted of offensive behavior and fined last week for disrupting a Melbourne<\/a> Anzac Day dawn service, was restrained by officers outside the South Melbourne venue.<\/p>\n

In videos posted online, he can be heard saying \u201cHail Pauline Hanson \u2026 the great white hope,\u201d while being handcuffed, then going on to accuse the police of arresting him for supporting the One Nation leader.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Victoria Police confirmed no formal arrests were made during the protests, but a 22-year-old man \u201cwas given a direction to move on\u201d.<\/p>\n

The clashes happened after One Nation was forced to relocate<\/a> the Moonee Ponds fundraiser where Hanson and former National MP Barnaby Joyce were scheduled to speak.<\/p>\n

The initial venue, an Italian restaurant called Giorgio Casa, cancelled the booking on Friday afternoon due to safety concerns over planned counter-protests by anti-fascist and socialist activist groups.<\/p>\n

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Hanson subsequently claimed the last minute change in venue had nothing to do with the protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had too many bookings, people wanting to come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think I\u2019d be deterred by the protesters? Think twice. No.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 30 protesters gathered near the new South Melbourne location, where police maintained a visible presence.<\/p>\n

After Nelson was given the direction to move on, the event concluded without major escalation, the police statement said, although CCTV footage of the protest would be reviewed as a matter of course.<\/p>\n

At a media conference on Saturday, the climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, responded to questions about the surge in support for One Nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Nation has anger, but not answers. One Nation has slogans, but not solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re providing answers and solutions and real change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowen said Hanson and Joyce had \u201cmade clear\u201d they would be working with the Liberal party.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want a stable government, Anthony Albanese will lead a stable, reforming, changing government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAngus Taylor, Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson will give us chaos. That\u2019ll be the choice before the Australian people at the next election.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters have clashed with Pauline Hanson supporters, with one man given a move on notice outside a Melbourne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-734020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}