Hard-right anti-Islam group Rise Up Australia says interest in the party has surged after this week's unprecedented counter-terrorism raids.
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About 80 people gathered in Frankston on Saturday for a Rise Up Australia event to hear from party leader Danny Nalliah, MP Geoff Shaw and British climate sceptic Christopher Monckton.
Most in the crowd wore the party's official blue shirts, branded with its slogan "Keep Australia Australian".
To loud cheers from the audience, Mr Nalliah spoke out against Islamic law, foreign investment in property and multiculturalism.
He described Islamic terrorism as too narrow a description and said that the religion itself was a terrorist group. "ISIS isn't a death cult, Islam is a death cult," he said.
Speaking after the event, Mr Nalliah said he didn't care if his comments were inflammatory towards Australian Muslims or if they incited hatred. "The truth has to be spoken, we can't shadow box with the issue," he said.
As evidence of the group's rise, Mr Nalliah said there had been a spike in people wanting to find out about Rise Up Australia since the massive police operation that uncovered an Islamic State plot to behead a member of the public.
"Our Facebook and website visits have gone up by thousands in the past 72 hours," he said.
Independent MP Mr Shaw opened the event and spoke about his battles with the media and the state government, particularly on abortion laws. He said backbenchers were too interested in protecting their careers to speak their mind and that there was often focus on the wrong issues, such as climate change and puppy farms.
"Instead of saving puppies and trees, how about I get a voice for saving babies in the womb?" he said.
After the event, Mr Shaw said he was not interested in being a candidate for Rise Up Australia at the upcoming state election, but did expect the party would direct preferences his way.
As well as expressing his well-known views on climate change, Lord Monckton supported Mr Nalliah's comments on Islam and said the Koran incited hatred and murder against non-Muslims.
He said the Islamic holy book was illegal in its current form. "The inspiration for those who go around the world killing in the name of Allah is the Koran," he said.