Australia First at Cronulla.
What happened?
We’re quite sure that their own website will be awash with declarations of the coming of the racial revolution in the next few days. A revolution brought on by ten badly groomed aparatchiks walking around the Cronulla beachfront on Australia Day.
Here’s what really happened.
A dozen or so sad bastards from Australia First milled around a park, abused a few journalists, got told off by the cops, sank a few cold ones in Northies and buggered off home.
For a more colloquial rundown see here. For some pics to scare the kiddies with, see here.
The papers?
News ltd reports:
At a barbecue beside another road into Cronulla a group of people from a nearby unit block gathered in view of the traffic to make their own statement.
Ian Blake, 45, said the riot had created an awareness among locals of the problems in the Sutherland Shire, and they wanted to avoid any repeat of the violence.
Backed by a huge Australian flag strung between two banksia trees, Mr Blake said the violence “contradicted what we are trying to celebrate today”.
“No matter who you are, we should all be able to enjoy the freedoms we love in this country,” he said.
He and others at the roadside gathering said the Australia First Party was not welcome in Cronulla.
Right on!
But party secretary Jim Saleam said his members had been well received today.
“The overall reaction has been good,” he said.
And Jim would know? He spent a grand total of 20 minutes on the beachfront before scarpering over to Northies with another former far-right jailbird Ross ‘The Skull’ May
The Tele.
Not even a gang of white supremacists who attempted to hijack Cronulla celebrations could mar the mood.
Representatives of the white nationalist Australia First Party, including ringleader and former Nazi Party member Jim Saleam, were sent packing by police.
All in all it was a pleasant Australia Day down at Cronulla. Plenty of sun, surf, beer and barbies and a distinct lack of bigotry and racism despite Australia First’s attempts to rile it up.
