Anthony Albanese is also drawing criticism (and some comparisons to ‘good people on both sides’ Trump) for saying there were some “good people” at the weekend marches. Here is the context:

Q: Do you think there were good people with legitimate concerns at these anti-immigration rallies this weekend?
 
Albanese:

Of course, there’s always good people will turn up to demonstrate their views about particular issues. But what we have here is neo-Nazis being given a platform. That’s what we saw on the weekend. And the tone of course of much of the rallies was – unfortunate is the best way that you could put it, but hateful in some of the extreme examples. And the idea that an open neo-Nazi was able to give a speech from the steps of the Victorian Parliament is something that isn’t the Australian way.

And later in the same interview:

Q: So, is your message to these people, we are getting the numbers down?
 
Albanese:

Well, we are getting the numbers down. But migration also is important and multiculturalism is a part of who we are as a modern nation. And I just say to people of – and I have no doubt that there would have been good people who went along, heard about a rally, are concerned, have views –
 

Q: I’ve seen them talk about long housing queues for rentals. They’re concerned about their access to housing.
 
Albanese:

Of course. But you should have a look at who you were with on Sunday, I think, and the motivation that they have. Which isn’t actually about housing or our economy or anything else, it’s about sowing division. And neo-Nazis have no role. The fact that people are openly identifying that way –
 

Q: What did you think of what they did in Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne, where they went and destroyed that?
 
Albanese:

Well, it’s just – exactly. Here you have people who are saying they’re against migration. Well, the first Australians were here before any migrant or descendant of migrants. And that just has no place, that sort of violence has no place.