Three years after far-right terrorist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 Muslims, the policies of the Australian and New Zealand governments including support for war and allowing COVID-19 to spread continue to fuel the growth of the extreme right.
As Omicron cases and hospitalisations reach record numbers, far-right, anti-vaccination groups continue to dominate media coverage and receive support and encouragement from capitalist politicians.
The small far-right rally, inspired by similar events in Canada and elsewhere, is being used by sections of the political and media establishment to shift official politics further to the right, and to justify policies that will lead to mass infection of the population with COVID-19.
There is growing concern and opposition to the Labour Party-led government’s decision to reopen schools and businesses and allow masses of people to become infected with Omicron.