The man reportedly gave a Nazi salute and made racist remarks to lawmaker Lidia Thorpe.
Australians will vote on Oct 14 on a constitutional reform that would create a body for First Nations peoples to advise the government.
The senator, independent lawmaker Lidia Thorpe, accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the police of failing to protect her and refused to be cowed. Some Australian media replayed portions of the video showing a man in a black hood burning an Aboriginal flag.Clare O’Neil, Australia’s home affairs minister, described the video as “abhorrent” and said radical groups were using the referendum to whip up their supporters.“Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. It is quite horrific that someone who is self-declared, by his actions and his words, a Neo-Nazi, out there showing such disrespect,” he said.
Thorpe opposes the reform, saying it would have little impact, and urged the government to act first to resolve inequalities such as the high number of Indigenous deaths in custody.Australian federal police said they were made aware of the video on X, previously Twitter, on Tuesday and contacted the platform to have it removed.
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