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.
Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
