An ABC TV reporter who covered the speech of a March for Australia organiser has been bombarded with hundreds of hateful messages.
Western Sydney journalist Nabil Al-Nashar reported from the city's anti-immigration March for Australia rally down Sydney's Broadway on Sunday.
In his coverage, Al-Nashar explained that protest organiser Jesse Stewart had, in his speech, invoked the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory that white Australians, Americans and Europeans would be 'replaced' by people of non-European descent.
The conspiracy theory, built on false and misleading claims, has been used since the 19th century.
After Al-Nashar's segment, he copped a barrage of more than 1000 often dehumanising comments online, with some telling the reporter to 'leave' Australia - despite him being an Australian citizen since 2023, having immigrated from Qatar.
Sharing a sample on his LinkedIn on Monday, Mr Al-Nashar showed screenshots of X users calling him vile names.
'Neo-Nazis and/or their sympathisers have called me a 'rat' ,'dog', 'poison', 'grub', 'invader' and way more colourful and creative descriptions,' he said.
'While privately, I've had support... it's been eye-opening to learn some fellow Australians only accept you if you're the right skin colour.'
ABC's Western Sydney journalist Nabil Al-Nashar received abusive messages on X after fact-checking a speech during the March for Australia rally in Victoria Park.
'It doesn't matter if you're law-abiding, pay your taxes, watch the footy and love a BBQ, just as much as the next Aussie, or how much you love this country,' he said.
'To them if you're not white, you'll never be Australian.'
Speaking to Daily Mail on Tuesday, Mr Al-Nashar said he would not be disheartened by the abusive messages.
'Any journalist worth their salt understands the job is to report without fear or favour, be it natural disasters, politics, or protests.
'If it's in the public interest, I'll be there to report on it.'
ABC News Director Justin Stevens also confirmed to Daily Mail that the broadcaster has backed Mr Al-Nashar.
'We're aware of the hateful social media comments and Nabil has the ABC's full support,' he said.
'This sort of abuse is disgraceful. Nabil has my and the ABC's full support for his outstanding reporting over the weekend, and always. He is an excellent journalist.'
The argument is based on the flawed belief there is a secret conspiracy to replace white Australians, Americans and Europeans with people of non-European descent.
Mr Stevens had also shared the statement on the journalist's LinkedIn post, joining dozens of colleagues who supported Mr Al-Nashar.
The TV report was re-shared on Tuesday by casual radio host and Palestine advocate Antoinette Lattouf, who won her case for unlawful termination against the ABC in June.
'Excellent reporting by Nabil for ABC. The hundreds upon hundreds of hateful racist comments below his report can't just (be) 'bots' or a minority - given how much neo-Nazi hate he captured at the rally,' she said.
'These are worrying times. I can't imagine what it was like being there.'
Rallies took place on Sunday in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart, as well as some regional cities, to protest the country's record levels of immigration.
In Sydney, a crowd of about 15,000 demonstrators chanted 'send them back'.
About 150 members of the NSN also handed out flyers, made a speech to the crowd and led chants of 'Heil Australia'.
During the peak of the rallies, Stewart told protesters: 'There is a clear global agenda to shame, beat down and replace people with Anglo, Celtic and European heritage.'
Mr Al-Nashar said he would not be disheartened by the abusive messages he received after reporting on the protest which had been attended by a crowd of about 15,000
'They want to turn our homeland into a multicultural economic zone that is completely conflicting with what the... founders of this nation, or what our ancestors had in mind.'
But Mr Al-Nashar fact-checked Stewart's claims, highlighting: 'The presumption here is that Australians of Anglo descent or European descent are the ones who built Australia.'
'This is historically inaccurate, and categorically false, as it sidelines every other group of Australians who have contributed to building the nation over the last 200 years and more.'
Mr Al-Nashar added that, for First Nations people and other Australians, the speech also ignored the fact that 'Europeans came to Australia just over 200 years ago'.
Stewart is in a romantic relationship with Bec Freedom, also known as Rebecca Walker, who was also a key organiser of the Sydney rally.
A bystander at the protest described Stewart, who describes himself as a nationalist, as 'quite an aggressive protector' of Bec at the rally.
The pair welcomed a son, William, in October last year with Ms Walker stating she kept her pregnancy a secret due to online trolls.
'We are absolutely in love with him; Jesse is loving been a dad; I'm loving been a mum to a new baby; my children are loving having a new baby brother,' she shared in an Instagram post.
'Why did we keep it such a big secret? Simply put.... We didn't want troll interference. They post about everything we do and we didn't want their involvement in this.'