Flare at Bendigo protest ‘in case I got jumped’

By Adam Holmes
Updated April 27 2016 - 6:57am, first published April 26 2016 - 4:30pm
Phillip Galea says he was just holding a flare for a mate at a rally in Bendigo last year, but police say it was for personal protection.
Phillip Galea says he was just holding a flare for a mate at a rally in Bendigo last year, but police say it was for personal protection.

A MEMBER of far-right protest group Reclaim Australia initially told police he brought a flare to a protest in Bendigo in case he “got jumped” by counter-protesters.

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