There have been major scenes of civil unrest on the streets of Melbourne as the city entered its sixth lockdown, officially due to the spread of the Delta Covid variant.
Protestors clashed with police and hurled bottles and other missiles while officers responded by making arrests and using pepper spray to try to disperse the crowds.
The march from Flinders Street station to Parliament House called for Victoria premier Daniel Andrews to be sacked as he once again issued stay at home orders for Australia’s second largest city.
Mr Andrews gave less than four hours’ notice that the state would lockdown on Thursday evening causing major unrest and upset among the residents of Melbourne.
He claimed his government had no other choice because only 20% of Australian adults had been fully vaccinated by Wednesday.
Mr Andrews said: ‘To be really frank, we don’t have enough people that have been vaccinated and, therefore, this is the only option available to us,
‘The time will come when we have many more options. But that isn’t now.’
Major crows of people gathered to oppose the new rules and shouted ‘freedom’ and ‘no lockdown’.
Victoria Police made 15 arrests at the protest and will issue 16 others with fines for breaching public health orders.
Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said: ‘Any offenders who are established to be repeat offenders will also face appropriate charges and be placed before the court to prevent their repeat offending.’
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