Daniel Andrews says Nazis ‘aren’t welcome’ as Victorian government considers ‘further action’ following salutes

Neo-nazi Thomas Sewell talks to supporters at a demonstration in Melbourne on Saturday. Last year, Victoria became the first Australian jurisdiction to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has said the human rights of trans people are “not negotiable” and that “Nazis aren’t welcome” after a group performed the Nazi salute on the steps of the state’s parliament on Saturday.

Anti-transgender activists clashed with pro-transgender rights activists outside state parliament on Saturday after an event held by controversial UK gender activist Kellie-Jay Keen. A group of men from the Nationalist Socialist Network marched along Spring Street, repeatedly performing the Nazi salute.