Far-left extremist groups are planning to disrupt a patriotic protest demanding an end to mass immigration in Melbourne this weekend, police have warned amid growing concerns about left-wing political violence and terrorism in Australia.
The Australia Marches rally on November 1 is the latest in a series of demonstrations being held around the country as part of the Australian Lobby Group’s National Tour, which started in Brisbane in September.
Rallies in Perth and Adelaide earlier this month attracted large crowds and proceeded peacefully, but Victoria Police has warned organisers that an unprecedented number of far-left groups are working together to cause chaos during the upcoming march.
Left-wing extremist organisations such as Antifa, which has been designated a domestic terrorist organisation in the US and is involved in ongoing riots in France, regularly carry out violent counter-protests in Melbourne, attack police and members of the public, and vandalise their vehicles.
On Sunday a group called United Against Racism Victoria announced it was working with Unionists for Refugees and the Refugee Action Collective to stage a rally in opposition to the anti-mass immigration protest.
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Greens MP Anasina Gray-Barberio, a member of radical leftist protest group Free Palestine Coalition Naarm, and a member of Hindus for Humans Rights are set to make speeches, and Noticer News understands far-left anti-Australian senator Lidia Thorpe may also speak at the counter-protest.
Other organisations involved include the Anarchist Communist Federation Melbourne, Free Palestine Bendigo, Greek Australians for a Free Palestine, the Freedom Socialist Party, Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne, and Radical Women.
“We need you to join us on November 1 to send a message that Melbourne’s streets are anti-racist streets,” United Against Racism Victoria said in a post which also accused Australia Marches of saying that “migrants and refugees are to blame for the cost of living crisis”.
The Australian Lobby Group responded with a post of its own, and stated that while the march was against mass immigration, it was aimed at the government, and was not intended to “blame immigrants”.
“This counter-protest is seeking to recruit and incite fear in immigrants against Australians through malicious false statements, which we vehemently reject,” the lobby group said.
“Counter-protests being staged by foreign interest groups seeking to subvert the wishes of Australians through racist and fearful incitement against Australians should be entirely rejected.
“Australians must decide who we let into our country and at what volume. If you have come to Australia to escape your own country and enjoy the benefits of Australia, then it is your obligation to respect our country. If you cannot, you are not welcome here.”
We’ve been made aware of racist and incited framing by a group called “Unite Against Racism – Victoria” inciting a counter-protest against our Rally in Melbourne on 1 November 2026.
It is true that @aus_marches is indeed rallying against Mass Immigration. That is squarely directed at the Australian government.
What is inciting and malicious reframe by this hard left radicalised group is the repugnant suggestion that we are “blaming immigrants”.
That is patently mischievous and false.
The Australian Lobby Group is a POLICY DRIVEN institution, driven by its membership.
We do not “blame immigrants”.
Surprisingly there is one thing we agree on with this group – that it is GOVERNMENT POLICY of government that is our target. Immigrants will always follow the incentive.
This counter-protest is seeking to recruit and incite fear in immigrants against Australians through malicious false statements, which we vehemently REJECT.
Counter-protests are being staged by foreign interest groups seeking to subvert the wishes of Australians through racist and fearful incitement against Australians should be entirely rejected.
Australians must decide who we let into our country and at what volume. If you have come to Australia to escape your own country and ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF AUSTRALIA, then it is your obligation to RESPECT our country. If you cannot, you are not welcome here.
We are unashamedly proud of the country we have built, however we entirely reject the current immigration policy settings which government is intentionally using to change Australia, its culture and its demographics.
We reject the notion that immigrants should not assimilate or integrate, but instead bring their own culture and form increasing diasporas or caliphates outside of Australian society in our own country.
Many immigrants stand with Australians and agree that they moved to Australia to join with its spirit to build the country up.
What we absolutely reject is the idea that Australia is an international welfare centre to be exploited.
Finally, it is extremely curious that the far-left socialists are advocating for an immigration system that was built for multi-national institutions and globalist bankers who require humans to increase returns to their shareholders because they stopped innovating.
Shame on socialists blinded by their ideology they cannot even see they’re supporting the housing and immigration ponzi they rise against.
Our call is to ALL Australians – March with us against policies of this government with consigns Australians into tax cattle by trafficking humans into Australia to pump a GDP whilst affordability and infrastructure bomb dive.
This government and the Uniparty generally has engineered a self perpetuating demise of Australia, funded by the very taxpayers they claim to be “helping”.
— Australian Lobby Group (@AusLobby) October 24, 2026
The counter-protest comes amid rising fears about an increase in far-left violence in the wake of a horrific incident where a leftist pro-Palestine activist allegedly drove his car into independent MP Helen Haines, causing her to lose her legs, and a series of Antifa attacks in recent years.
Members of ultra-violent far-left extremist groups attacked patriotic protesters at a March for Australia rally in August last year, sparking an alleged clash with the National Socialist Network in the Kings Domain.
Members of Antifa and other radical leftist groups then carried out similar attacks on protesters at a rally in September last year, pelted police with rocks at another rally the following month, violently attacked patriots attending Australia Day celebrations in January, tried to disrupt a march in support of war hero Ben Roberts-Smith in April, and failed to shut down a free speech rally in August.
The far-left has also targeted right-wing populist party One Nation, calling for the death of leader Pauline Hanson at an event in Melbourne earlier this year, attacking a One Nation staffer at a festival, and assaulting a photographer at an anti-One Nation rally in Brisbane while police watched on.
In August Victoria Police announced it was looking for leftist terrorists with “anarchist and revolutionary ideologies” over an arson attack on a Melbourne defence manufacturer, and last year a “transgender” far-left extremist avoided jail despite setting off a bomb inside Melbourne’s Land Forces Expo, and was not charged with terror offences despite being caught with a stash of 28 more homemade incendiary devices in his home.
Trump officials have since warned Australia and other allies to start combating Antifa and other violent far-left groups that pose a threat of “political terrorism”, saying the threat of left-wing terror was being underestimated.
The Australia Marches event begins at Flinders Street Station at 12pm on Sunday.
Header image: Left, the Australia Marches rally in Brisbane last month. Right, far-left extremists with an Antifa flag in Melbourne in August (beckonthedawn).
