Politicians Condemn Booing During ANZAC Day Indigenous ‘Welcome to Country’

A group of men were identified by police after booing and heckling a welcome to country during a dawn service.

Jacob Hersant (Left) speaks to a TV journalist during the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia on April 25, 2025. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Politicians have condemned booing and heckling during Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremonies at ANZAC Day dawn services.

In Melbourne, reports suggest Jacob Hersant, a self-declared neo-Nazi was involved in the jeering at the Shrine of Remembrance while Indigenous elder Uncle Mark Brown performed the ceremony.