This is the face of anti-immigration rallies planned around Australia… now his shock ties to one of the country’s wealthiest families can be revealed

A coordinator behind a series of planned anti-immigration rallies across Australia has come under fire over his links to one of Australia’s biggest property developers. 

Hugo Lennon, also known as ‘Auspill’, has encouraged his followers to stand up against ‘mass immigration’ at a series of rallies scheduled for August 31 – a problem he believes exacerbates the country’s housing shortage. 

Mr Lennon has been revealed as the grandson of Tony Lennon, the millionaire ex-chairman of one of Australia’s largest real estate development companies, Peet Limited. 

The 82-year-old, who retired last year but retained a sizeable shareholding, has been listed on Western Australia’s top-50 rich list multiple times with an estimated wealth of up to half a billion dollars. 

The company, which Mr Lennon’s father Anthony serves as non-executive director, has one of the biggest residential landbanks of any ASX-listed property group. 

A number of online creators have taken issue with Mr Lennon’s housing advocacy, given his family’s deep ties to the WA property market. 

Mr Lennon, who has attracted more than 80,000 followers on TikTok in just over a year, recently called on his followers to ‘end mass immigration’ by attending the upcoming ‘March for Australia’ (MFA) rallies. 

‘It will be a peaceful march advocating for something virtually every Australian agrees on: that immigration has to be reduced,’ he said. 

‘Australians have been ignored on immigration for a long time and that’s gonna come to an end because on the 31st Australians will voice this majority opinion to have an end to mass immigration.’ 

Organisers claim ‘endless migration, weak leadership and political cowardice’ have overstretched the housing supply and caused the country to change in ways ‘most of us never agreed to’. 

‘It’s time to take our country back. It’s time to defend our way of life. It’s time to defend our culture. Stop mass immigration now,’ one flyer read. 

According to news.com.au, Mr Lennon’s ‘Auspill’ account was listed as a moderator and administrator of the March for Australia Facebook group until recently. 

He told the outlet his account was removed as MFA did not wish to be ‘connected to any one name and thus any one set of politics’.

‘The reasons expressed by MFA are broad, they reflect the organisers’ and supporters’ diverse political backgrounds,’ he said. 

‘Concerns around mass immigration include housing shortages, demographic change, infrastructure strain, environmental impacts, water supply shortages and fractured social cohesion.’

MFA has attempted to distance itself from radical figures, including the leader of the National Socialist Network, and has previously expressed concern over fringe players attempting to hijack the event. 

In a statement posted to the MFA Facebook group on Friday, Mr Lennon wrote  Australians had been sidelined over mass immigration which, he claimed, had transformed their ‘way of life’. 

‘So we have a situation where the benefactors of mass immigration have clearly set the policy, they’ve decided the numbers, the types, and the discussions that are allowed to be had- all while millions of Australians are ignored for decades,’ he said. 

‘The supreme betrayal of the political class is to disregard the clear and settled will of the Australian people on a matter that shapes their daily lives so directly.

‘Australians are being told by their rulers that they must bear the burden of a transformation they never sought and do not consent to, a transformation that strikes at the heart of our national character and way of life.

‘To ignore the voice of the nation is not merely folly; it is to tear at the very foundation of consent on which our democracy rests.’

A spokesperson for Peet said: ‘Creating inclusive, diverse communities where everyone belongs is a core value for Peet.

‘Peet does not share the views expressed by this individual, and we do not condone his actions or commentary.’

Daily Mail has contacted Mr Lennon for comment.