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For all their demands for ‘respect’, the Aboriginal activists peddling the made-up theatre of ‘Welcome to Country’ on Anzac Day don’t seem much inclined to show much respect to the war dead the day is supposed to commemorate. In Sydney, Ray Minniecon, who at least is a veteran, nonetheless trotted out the divisive, racist political slogans, ‘Always was and always will be Aboriginal land’ and ‘sovereign owners’.
These are the people, remember, accusing others of ‘politicising’ Anzac Day.
But Minniecon is, as said, at least a veteran. Mark Brown, who elicited boos at the Melbourne Anzac Day ceremony for the second year running, is just a nasty grifter.
Again making a mockery of the blatherskite about ‘respect’, Brown is anything but respectful to Anzac Day. His tone, both years, is hectoring and browbeating, and in not one of his entire speeches does he mention veterans or the fallen: instead, in an almost sneering tone, he demands respect for his ancestors, his people.
Even more disrespectfully, Brown treats the whole exercise, not as a respectful commemoration of the fallen, but a grotesque money-making and self-marketing exercise.
Brown was booed throughout his speech at the Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday, which he delivered while wearing a zip-up hoodie, a baseball cap and a fur shawl, some of which appear to be part of his own personal merchandise line. His website also states that he charges up to $4,500 for speeches.
The hoodie bears the anti-Australian slogan “always was, always will be aboriginal land”, which was also repeated by Ray Minniecon, the indigenous activist who was booed as he delivered a “welcome to country” at the Sydney dawn service while incorrectly wearing medals.
It’s bad enough that Brown, as keynote speaker, did not even bother to dress respectfully in the least. If he’s not entitled to wear a uniform, a suit and tie would be the least expected of someone supposedly paying respect to the fallen in the major ceremony in a capital city. Instead, he slobbed it up in sneakers, hoodie and baseball cap.
It gets worse: judging from the merch on his website, which is currently closed, the designs on the (overpriced) gear not only appears to be AI-generated, but also uses Anzac imagery and symbolism that is heavily protected by law, by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Selling Anzac-themed merchandise without permission can attract fines up to $10,000.
For all the establishment blatherskite about the booers supposedly disrespecting veterans, in fact it appears that many veterans are insulted by this grasping grifter hijacking a solemn memorial to sell some tacky, apparently AI-generated and possibly pirated, junk.
Brown’s speech, in which he did not mention the Anzacs, and appearance have sparked criticism from veterans and other dawn service attendees, who have said they were “stunned” and “insulted” by his attire.
“He turned the dawn service into a marketing stunt,” one attendee told Noticer News.
“The Anzacs didn’t give their lives so some slob could try and flog hoodies over their memory, whilst their descendants are forced to stand through a humiliation ritual.”
Attendees also told Noticer News RSL Victoria should not have platformed Brown after he was first booed while dressed in an identical manner at last year’s dawn service, saying they “put veterans second”, and “chose ceremonial box-ticking over respect for the men and women who served”.
Brown is also notably disrespectful to anyone who doesn’t share his far-left views, as judged by his hateful, stochastic violence in response to the political murder of Charlie Kirk.
Mark Brown wrote in a series of LinkedIn posts at the time that Kirk, 31, who was shot at a university event in Utah in September 2025 while answering a question from an audience member, “deserved” to be murdered.
“Charlie Kirk deserved the fate he brought on himself. When you spend your life fueling division, spreading lies, and tearing down communities, it is only a matter of time before that same poison turns back on you. His downfall isn’t tragedy – it’s justice catching up with him,” he wrote in one post.
“The irony is that the hate he spread became the weight that dragged him down.”
In a second post Brown said: “Charlie Kirk feeds on lies and his supporters gorge themselves on hate. They don’t show up for freedom – they show up to worship fear. Every time they chant his name, they spit in the face of justice. Every time they wave a flag, they wrap it around prejudice.
“Let’s be clear: standing with Charlie Kirk means standing against truth, against humanity, against everything decent.”
Someone needs to buy this hateful loon a mirror.
The disrespect for the fallen goes far beyond a grasping, racist far-left fanatic, though. Even the board of trustees of the Shrine are turning it into a tawdry entertainment venue.
In late 2024, veterans reacted furiously to revelations one of Australia’s most sacred site would start hosting corporate events as part of a push to reach “diverse audiences”. The five-year deal with Peter Rowland Group will see the Shrine host cocktail parties, business breakfasts and annual general meetings.
Other events have since included a New Year’s Eve Bollywood dance party headlined by a DJ called “Mothafunk” – which left litter strewn across the grounds – alongside a “Dine at the Shrine” corporate event.
I wonder how long before they use it to host a ‘Pride week’ fisting party? Or maybe just install a McDonald’s drive-thru?
