Fighting back: The good people of Melbourne, Australia are putting it up to authorities as protests turn violent over city’s sixth ‘draconian lockdown’ – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Fighting back: The good people of Melbourne, Australia are putting it up to authorities as protests turn violent over city’s sixth ‘draconian lockdown’




There are further reports of civil unrest in Melbourne today, after the city entered its sixth lockdown since the start of the pandemic.

Aussies are well known for being great at sport, but they’re also known for not backing down in the face of adversity, and it would appear that’s exactly what protesters are doing again this weekend.

Protestors clashed with police, which proceeded to make a number of arrests.

The latest lockdown was imposed with less than four hours’ notice.

Melbourne and some surrounding areas will now be under lockdown for seven weeks at least, possibly even longer even though case numbers remain quite low.

There has been a very low uptake in vaccines with around just 20% of Australians getting the jab. Many people on social media in Australia are saying that the lockdown is ‘draconian’ and that the vaccine is ‘experimental’.

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