Cancellation comes after Guardian Australia revealed O’Brien’s previous links with a far-right ‘patriots’ group
government has cancelled plans for an MP to meet the former leader of a far-right “patriots” group, who encouraged a mob to surround the Rockhampton home of an Indigenous teenager.
Torin O’Brien had been invited to sit down “with police and other stakeholders” by Rockhampton MP Barry O’Rourke after he led a group of 30 people who swarmed the teenager’s home on Sunday.about O’Brien’s previous affiliation with the Patriots Defence League, a group that regularly posted offensive anti-Islam content.
“He did not confirm his attendance and instead appears to be continuing to try to stir up vigilante behaviour, which is a risk to our community,” O’Rourke told Guardian Australia. “As such, the meeting will not be going ahead and I will continue to support the police in their efforts to prevent this situation turning into a tragedy.”
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