A No campaigner who was spat on by a Sure supporter has shared new footage after claiming he was allegedly assaulted by one other activist shortly afterwards.
Andrew Thaler was at a Sure marketing campaign occasion in Cooma, south-east NSW, when he was filmed being spat on by Voice supporter and ANU Emeritus Professor Denise Ferris on September 17.
Mr Thaler then claimed he was allegedly assaulted by one other campaigner instantly afterwards with footage of the altercation coming to gentle on Monday.
Footage confirmed a person allegedly putting Mr Thaler close to a Sure tent earlier than Ms Ferris walks over and is seen taking a swipe on the No campaigner’s cellphone.
Mr Thaler, a widely known activist, has courted controversy over the previous yr. He was branded a ‘parasite’ by 2GB presenter Ben Fordham after he claimed he spoke on behalf of the household whose grandmother, Clare Nowland, 95, was fatally tasered at a nursing residence in Cooma on Could 17.
He has additionally run for political workplace at numerous ranges of presidency, and in 2022 pleaded responsible to intimidating a Rural Hearth Service workers member 4 years earlier. He prevented a conviction.
New footage has surfaced after a No campaigner was spat on by a Sure supporter earlier than he claims he was allegedly assaulted by one other activist
In video taken by Mr Thaler on the Sure occasion, the person is seen urgent his face near digital camera.
The incident unfolded after Mr Thaler was spat on by professor Ferris with the No campaigner demanding to know the identify of the lady following the act.
‘So what is that this b***h’s identify? Somebody inform me? I came visiting to get a photograph of your lambs,’ Mr Thaler mentioned.
The person within the video is seen confronting the No campaigner.
‘Hey, f***wit, p*** off. F***wit, p*** off,’ he mentioned.
‘No, I’m standing my floor,’ Mr Thaler replied. ‘Cease pushing into me.’
The person is seen within the video waving his arm in the direction of Mr Thaler who holds up his proper arm attempting to ward him off.
‘One metre,’ Mr Thaler mentioned. ‘Do it once more.’
A feminine is heard pleading with the person on digital camera.
Andrew Thaler was at a Sure marketing campaign occasion in Cooma, south-east NSW , when he was filmed being spat on by Voice supporter and ANU Emeritus Professor Denise Ferris on September 17
‘One metre, give me her identify,’ Mr Thaler repeated.
Prof Ferris may be seen within the footage slapping at Mr Thaler’s proper hand and he drops the cellphone.
Mr Thaler informed Each day Mail Australia he was attempting to carry again the arm along with his one arm whereas he filmed the altercation.
‘I used to be attempting to make him stand again a metre with my proper arm whereas my left hand was holding the cellphone,’ he mentioned.
‘Different Sure individuals have been strolling round me and surrounding me. One in every of them even went over and approached my spouse.’
‘After which a few of our supporters came visiting.’
Professor Ferris is heard within the footage saying she would name the police.
Mr Thaler encourages her saying she simply spat on him.
‘I didn’t,’ Professor Ferris mentioned.
‘It’s on video you silly b***h,’ Mr Thaler replied.
Mr Thaler (pictured) has accused the police of dragging their ft over the investigation into confrontations with Sure campaigners
Mr Thaler has mentioned he was earlier confronted by Professor Ferris when strolling over to the Labor get together Yes23 tent to take an image of petting zoo lambs at round lunch time throughout a month-to-month markets held within the park.
‘I used to be simply getting {a photograph} of the lambs,’ Mr Thaler mentioned.
‘They have been utilizing that to draw the youngsters and convey the mother and father over with them. It was an affordable stunt however the little lambs have been within the solar all day.’
Within the video Mr Thaler may be heard calling Professor Ferris a ‘silly mole’ earlier than she is seen spitting on the lens.
Professor Ferris has claimed the argument had nothing to do with the Voice and that she felt accosted by Mr Thaler who made her react in a panicked state of ‘battle or flight’.
She claimed to solely be attempting to ‘block’ Mr Thaler’s digital camera ‘with out participating in bodily contact’.
‘I didn’t spit on him. I needed to dam his digital camera with out participating in bodily contact,’ she mentioned Flight? Am I to show my again on him — no means, too terrified of his actions, it was so traumatic.’
Mr Thaler accused NSW Police of dragging their ft over the incident.
A NSW Police spokesperson mentioned an ‘investigation is ongoing’ and that there have been ‘no updates that we are able to present’.
Professor Denise Ferris (pictured) has denied spitting on Mr Thaler and mentioned she acted out of ‘battle or flight’ panic
