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| Individuals from various groups subscribing to extremist ideologies, such as the [[National Socialist Network]] (NSN), known for their [[neo-Nazi]] beliefs, and the [[Proud Boys]] have been attending the anti-lockdown protests to recruit new members.<ref name="ndaug2021">{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Cait|date=25 August 2021|title=How neo-Nazis use anti-lockdown protests to recruit new members|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/08/26/neo-nazi-anti-lockdown-recruit/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=[[The New Daily]]|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826175828/https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/08/26/neo-nazi-anti-lockdown-recruit/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleischer |first1=Tzvi |title=The covert antisemitism at the Melbourne anti-lockdown protest on Saturday |url=https://aijac.org.au/fresh-air/the-covert-antisemitism-at-the-melbourne-anti-lockdown-protest-on-saturday/ |publisher=[[Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council]] (AIJAC) |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828011817/https://aijac.org.au/fresh-air/the-covert-antisemitism-at-the-melbourne-anti-lockdown-protest-on-saturday/ |archive-date=28 August 2021 |date=26 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Other individuals and groups have also attempted to stir up [[anti-semitic]] sentiment at the protests, such as "Dominic D", an alias for a 24-year-old Melbourne man Harrison Mclean, who describes himself as a "[[Libertarian]] Populist", and who has links to far-right Proud Boys and attempts to introduce people at the rallies to conspiracy theories such as the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]].<ref>{{cite web | last=McGowan | first=Michael | title=Where 'freedom' meets the far right: the hate messages infiltrating Australian anti-lockdown protests | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=25 March 2021 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/26/where-freedom-meets-the-far-right-the-hate-messages-infiltrating-australian-anti-lockdown-protests | access-date=27 August 2021 | archive-date=24 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824060353/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/26/where-freedom-meets-the-far-right-the-hate-messages-infiltrating-australian-anti-lockdown-protests | url-status=live }}</ref>
| | Former Cheerleader turned Victorian proud boy member Harrison McLean is the administrator of the Melbourne Freedom Rally groups. Along with Sarah Ashlee, Harrison stole the Convoy to Canberra pages and then got famously booted out of camp by Jim Greer.<br> |
| | Coincidently, the AFP raided the original camp the next morning where Jim Greer was found in possession of weapons and Ammunition |