Protesters clashed with supporters of Pauline Hanson outside a South Melbourne venue hosting a One Nation fundraiser on Friday. During the incident, police restrained Michael Nelson, a man previously convicted of offensive behavior for disrupting a Melbourne Anzac Day dawn service. According to The Guardian, Nelson was heard shouting “Hail Pauline Hanson … the great white hope” while being handcuffed, and he accused police of arresting him for supporting the One Nation leader. Victoria Police confirmed on Saturday that no formal arrests were made during the protests, though a 22-year-old man was given a direction to move on. The event was moved to South Melbourne after the original venue, an Italian restaurant called Giorgio Casa, cancelled the booking due to safety concerns regarding planned counter-protests by anti-fascist and socialist activist groups. Hanson stated that the relocation was not due to the protests but because there were “too many bookings.” In response to the surge in support for One Nation, climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen stated that the party has “anger, but not answers.” Bowen claimed that Hanson and former National MP Barnaby Joyce would “give us chaos” if they were in government, contrasting their platform with the current government’s “answers and solutions.” In separate news, tens of thousands of people participated in rival demonstrations in Rome on Saturday regarding migration policy. An anti-migration march in the Prati neighborhood drew several thousand people, while a competing pro-migration event attracted tens of thousands. The demonstrations follow a petition titled “Remigration and Reconquest,” which gathered 50,000 signatures to trigger parliamentary discussion on hardline measures, including the mass deportation of ethnic minorities. The proposal has faced criticism from opposition parties and legal experts who argue it violates constitutional and international anti-discrimination principles. While the anti-migration League party in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition backs the discussion, Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and centrist allies have remained more cautious.