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One Nation candidates join Melbourne rally with economic grievances

10 News's report adds speeches and interviews with party figures to its coverage of the anti-immigration march and nearby counter-protest.

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Why this story? One of 10 News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 24,564 views.

One Nation Candidates Join Anti-Immigration Rally In Melbourne | 10 News+

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0:49Organiser Scott Challen links the rally to housing affordability and the cost of living.
1:17One Nation candidate Michael Piastrino presents his party as an alternative to Labor and the Liberals.
1:23A nearby counter-protest brings together pro-immigration and anti-racism groups, with police separating the gatherings.
3:15Victorian One Nation leader Warren Pickering addresses the crowd and describes attendees' economic concerns.
4:40Hitchcock explains how broader grievances featured alongside immigration in the rally's messaging.

One Nation's Victorian candidates brought a party-political message to Melbourne's anti-immigration rally, linking their presence to frustrations over housing, household costs and the major parties.

In 10 News's report, candidate Michael Piastrino tells reporter Denham Hitchcock: "Labor stuffed the state, Liberals can't fix it, and One Nation's here to save it." Victorian party leader Warren Pickering also addresses the crowd and describes attendees as Australians feeling economic pressure.

Those speeches and interviews add a political dimension to the police operation we reported here earlier. Hitchcock follows the gathering at Flinders Street and a smaller counter-protest organised by pro-immigration and anti-racism groups nearby. Police keep the groups apart.

Organiser Scott Challen points to housing affordability as a reason for the demonstration. Other interviews reveal differing demands: one attendee describes migration as uncontrolled, while a masked marcher calls for mass deportations. These are the participants' arguments, rather than evidence establishing immigration as the cause of the economic problems they describe.

The report drew about 25,000 views since yesterday. In the closing studio exchange, Hitchcock returns to how the rally's grievances extended beyond immigration, bringing wider dissatisfaction with government into the day's speeches.

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