Nationalists storm Moreland City Council meeting in protest of its decision to dump Australia Day

FAR RIGHT nationalists have stormed an inner city council meeting in protest of its decision to dump Australia Day.

Members of Patriots Blue hijacked the Moreland Council meeting yesterday evening, draped in Australian flags and chanting “shame Moreland”.

Protest organiser Neil Erikson said the council had no business interfering in national politics.

“I think they should focus on the three R’s: rates, roads and rubbish … they should not be dealing with a national holiday,” Mr Erikson told the Herald Sun.

In a video posted on Facebook of the protest, Moreland councillors can be seen leaving the room as soon as the group enters.

Startled members of the public are forced to cover their ears as the protesters scream at them through megaphones during the five minute rally.

Read the report by Genevieve Alison in the Herald Sun.