'Disgraceful, weak and vile': Calls to ban the Nazi salute after Melbourne protests

Police clash with a protester on the streets of Melbourne.

Police remove a protester during a transgender rights rally, involving opposing neo-Nazi protesters, outside Parliament House in Melbourne. Source: AAP / James Ross

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Nazis aren't welcome. That is the message from Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews after a group of white supremacists clashed with transgender rights supporters on Saturday in Melbourne. The state government is promising a crackdown after some of the demonstrators performed the Nazi salute in the city centre with calls to ban the offensive gesture.

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