The police force is facing a third weekend of trying to break up illegal protests with multiple demonstrations planned for Saturday and Sunday.
Organisers are potentially eyeing off another location this weekend, with police likely to have a heavy presence at the Shrine of Remembrance, the Royal Botanic Gardens and the market, which have been the locations of previous demonstrations. Protesters march in the street at a Melbourne Freedom Walk at Queen Victoria Market on Sunday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David GeraghtyThe “freedom day” event for Saturday has been scheduled to start at noon, and organisers say the location will be announced via video. The video is expected to be circulated via encrypted messaging chat groups.A man has pledged to 'take the heavy handed treatment' from police in order to protect other protesters at anti-lockdown rallies.
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said on 3AW radio the force was aware and ready for the protests.
These protesters are wearing Guy Fawkes masks but really the lemmings should be wearing this
DictatorDan DanielAndrewsMP You do NOT have the Authority to use a private Paramilitary force against the people - you are an occupier of these lands & these are WAR CRIMES against an unarmed civilian population. You require the people's CONSENT to be governed & they do not...
Ooh they’re getting all 90s secret rave on us now- copying the technique used by many an illegal rave organiser in 1990 . So secret - so stupid - such an ignorant waste of time. I hope they all get fined and arrested. I hope they all get what they deserve
What a bunch of selfish misinformed ignorant asshats
Anti lock-down is for the benefit of all citizen at large. Its not only for you BUT its for other innocent citizens.
Well done 👍🏻!!!
Most of the people in these comments would dob in their neighbours hiding from the gas chambers. You are absolutely despicable humans
BLM a terrorist organisation was ok! No one got fine ,the 2 Afghan families that have caused a outbreak!! No fines. But peaceful protesting for freedom will get fined and the CCP treatment .
GoVictoria the rest of Australia, except UsefulIdiots, are with you. Send DictatorDan packing.
Peaceful protests are not illegal!!!😉
I think the time has come to sharply increase penalties for this behaviour. Fine each of them commensurately for the havoc they cause. Say, $20k each. Or prison The ten years prison for pulling down statues in the states appeared to work well.
JAIL THE GRANNYKILLERS!
Stupid wankers, stop giving these losers airtime
Don't forget to vote in Tim Smith Mp's poll and send Dan a message! Lol
How many can be arrested 500?
Please don’t, just don’t! I’m suffering but what you’re doing is not the answer! It won’t get us anywhere, and could lead to extended lockdown beyond Oct 26🥺
No one is prolonging anything if you think Andrew's has any intention of giving Victoria its freedoms back you are drooling yourselves
Well considering BLM protesters and the 5 households in Casey and Dandenong won't be penalised for breaking numerous laws, I'm assuming VictoriaPolice and their master Dictator DanielAndrewsMP will allow the protesters to protest these draconian and undemocratic rules?
Did anybody see what protesters did in South America after they had had enough of govt corruption even the cops fancy Darth Vader suits and equipment couldn't help them,
Like multiple coronavirus hotspots 14 days after the protests? 🤔 selfishpricks
Victorians should teach ‘The Eureka’ spirit and militancy to the VIC State to raise against lockdown tyranny. Simultaneous demos at same time all around Melbourne to exhaust police. lockdown coronaBS CoronaFascism
BLM was fine though 🥴🥴🥴
Aussie BLM - BOGANS, LOOSERS, MORONS
Don’t drop the soap
Watch out. 30 people will turn up instead of 20. Lead by TimSmithMP wearing his mother's nighty. auspol springst COVID19Vic
It’s ironic that we have Americans complaining that trump hasn’t taken a stronger stance on reducing COVID deaths (200000) and in Australia we bag out the one politician who has remained firm in his stance and consistent all along? Just don’t get it at all?
Love the photo with old mate wearing a gut fawkes mask, thinking it has some meaning behind freedom and 'disrupting the system'... it Doesn't... these people think they'll have an effect on Andrews... it won't. If you want change run against him in an election
Sadly we have seen it all before thanks to constant publicity from MSM. Thanks for nothing ThisisNotJournalism
A very bigly rally, the best, like no other.
Lock em all up for a week and see what they think of that !! Its all about them as they don't give a rats about anyone else's health. selfishaholes typicallefties
Lock them up and fine them heavily
Bump the fines up...to nothing ever seen before!
These people need to be locked up together in the same cell. Then let’s see how many will come out as covid misbelievers
Makes me proud to be Australian. Our ancestors fought for freedom. The young died. Now the young are losing life. Not in death in life. I hope they payback at the ballot box.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 That's GREAT NEWS!!! AUSTRALIANS are sick and tired of the covid nonsense!
It will change nothing
Its time we all stood up!
It's fine. No links between covid and BLM remember? XD
15 people really is unseen before
Its simple More Protest+More Virus = Longer Lockdowns. They are protesting to get out of lockdown so, i really dont understand why they keep protesting instead of sitting at home ?
So instead of 200 there will be 300. Fark I’ve had bigger parties than what these twits can muster.
Arrest and fine them. Restrict ventilator access.
Bring out the sticks and beat some sense into the covidiots lol
Why such a large number of nuts in Vic?
Soon they will be protesting how the Melbourne economy is one of the worst in Australia with hundreds if not thousands of SME's going into bankruptcy
Inferno0696085 BoogieBumper
Amazing isn’t it. The lockdown is almost over so they try to undo all the sacrifices the people in Victoria have made.
saranti007 Notice the people who respond negatively are in the main, low on followers and have been on twit a long time? Confirms my belief they are accounts set up for this kind of propaganda.
Go hard Melbourne. Support from NSW
Looks like the horses will be needed again to round up the sheep.
Ppl are fed up.
ozhomeschool When 2 seems like 4.
Is that to ensure lockdown goes on even longer?
Freedom is being curtailed for political reasons & hope police keeps restraint while dealing with these protesters just like the did with BLM protests. Police can't decide which protest to allow during covid lockdown. Either none or allow all. They should not be biased.
Hey perhaps you guys could stop undermining the health message constantly. The Casey cluster is young Afghan males continuing to hang out with their friends and spreading it because they arent taking it seriously. Your news organisation has blood on its hands
It's time.
UN global forces at the ready right?
If you disagree with these protesters, you will always be a coward. Your children will grow up to be cowards
Journalists gonna have orgasm
Assholes!
Time for rubber bullets and water cannons from the police. VictoriaPolice
They say that every week then lucky to have 100 rock up. You lot are a disgrace and a joke.
TL772019 Beautiful people
Don't call it an anti-lockdown protest, call it a BLM, anti Morrison or a Global Warming protest to avoid fines and police interactions.
Idiots
If they were really protesting about human rights, why have I not heard one mention about our aged care residents & the inhumane way they have been left to rot under ScottMorrisonMP government. Oh, I forgot, it’s only about the protesters human rights. Selfish arseholes.
I'm not generally a fan of revenue raising fines, but I hope the police do a brisk trade this weekend.
GibberAUS 'There are powerful vehicles but protesting in a group, at this time, is not safe,” he said.' Don't be in groups. 5 metres apart 'Exercising', not protesting. Am I chanting? Am I holding a sign?
25 and sunny tomorrow. Beautiful Melbourne spring day to get arrest
Such boasting. They obviously didn't see the anti Vietnam war protests of the 1960s or the Sydney green ban protests.
What a bunch of wannabe’s. Impatient and self-centred!
Just don't attend.. we are almost there!
GibberAUS vicstapo probably thinking of bringing out their machine guns for this. They will definitely start cracking heads this weekend. They're losing the optics battle everyday & being psycopaths this will be infuriating them
They can hide everything they want from the police, because as soon as they contact the media (because hey they need the coverage) the media will run straight to the police with the information so they can good confrontation video for the 6pm news
What we'll see as they get arrested.
Of one thing you can be sure, the police who actively support BLM rallies, will be nowhere near as considerate of these rallies.
Evil in name of democracy, plans to harm vast number of ordinary citizens by way of both physical and mental health and work. But of course these are on the dole and probably have no family to care for.
Good, Go Vic
Just like the illegal BLM & refugee rallies? Like those?
What, they're gonna get in amongst the rockmelons this time? Lob a few pineapples? What a joke.
Aka a hundred whiny entitled idiots plan on staging a collective toddler tantrum on the streets of Melbourne and the media want to beat it up into something far bigger for clickbait & giggles
And Ye u will see more cops then ever b4 good luck with that dumb fuks didn’t work last week not gonna work now!
Good . Get rid of this dangerous leftwing vic Government.
Let’s hope we arrest these inconsiderate people
Lock the scum up and $5000 fines
The crazy’s are up and about , they need a hobby Increase Fines
revenue raising for the state.
Let’s go team! We need tens of thousands to protest!
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