2021-01-29 10:35:36 GMT2021-01-29 18:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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CANBERRA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) Australia s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Friday lashed a group of far-right extremists who held a gathering in a national park last week.
Dutton said he categorically condemned the activity of the far-right group.
The group assembled in the Grampians National Park, more than 250 km northwest of Melbourne, over the weekend leading up to Australia Day on Jan. 26 and burned a cross, chanted white power , presented Nazi salutes and harassed locals.
Their activity is the subject of investigations by Australian intelligence officers. I categorically condemn any such actions, Dutton told the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in a statement.
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A cleaner in the otherwise vacated King George Square in Brisbane.
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By March, the nation was in lockdown and Queenslanders could be fined for leaving their homes.
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“I was shocked. I couldn’t believe it,” he said.
Farhad is one of 65 refugees who have been interned in hotels in Melbourne by the Australian Government for the last 18 months.
Through a long and complicated legal process he was granted a temporary visa on 11 December 2020, and described his new found freedom as “a gift”.
This week, it was announced that most of the dozens of men interned in another hotel would also be released on temporary visas.
The fight for freedom for men and women like Farhad has been years in the making.
Farhad set out on his journey for Australia in 2013, fleeing potential prison time in Iran for his role as a Kurdish activist.