Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey. With
Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Self proclaimed neo Nazi leader Thomas
Speaker 1: Sewle is added again, this time gate crashing of press
Speaker 1: conference by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen. Why don't Australians have
Speaker 1: the right to protest? Why do you want to ban
Speaker 1: us for protesting? Shouldn't we have the right to speak
Speaker 1: in our own country? You cowed? Sewell, who so called
Speaker 1: National Socialist Network also showed up at anti immigration rallies
Speaker 1: on the weekend and enchanted racist slogans, has been slammed
Speaker 1: by both the federal government and the opposition. Sewell is
Speaker 1: presently facing charges before Melbourne Magistrate's Court, accused of intimidating
Speaker 1: a police officer or a police officer's family member. Allen's
Speaker 1: government is working up legislation to take to State Parliament
Speaker 1: that's aimed at tackling the white supremacist movement and a
Speaker 1: rash of other groups, including climate and pro Palestine protesters.
Speaker 1: The bill was originally proposed to include a complete ban
Speaker 1: on protesters wearing face coverings, as well as a ban
Speaker 1: on attachment devices like locks to prevent demonstrators chaining themselves
Speaker 1: in place. Taiwan's diplomats in Australia have condemned former State
Speaker 1: Labor Premiers Daniel Andrews and Bob Carr over their invitation
Speaker 1: to a Chinese military parade that's also featuring North Korean
Speaker 1: dictator Kim Jong un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Taipei's
Speaker 1: representatives say it's all part of China's determination to justify
Speaker 1: plans for invading Taiwan. A former outback school principle, once
Speaker 1: praised for transforming the lives of Aboriginal kids, is on
Speaker 1: trial in Alice Springs for the alleged aggravated assault of
Speaker 1: five boys aged between eight and thirteen years. The charges
Speaker 1: date back to twenty twenty three and are denied by
Speaker 1: Gavin Morris, who's pleading not guilty. Check out those stories
Speaker 1: live right now at the Australian dot Com dot a
Speaker 1: yu co back to the front tomorrow for our detailed
Speaker 1: analysis of exactly what's going on in that trial of
Speaker 1: Gavin Morris in Alice Springs