1/Victorian police said last week they were fed up with anti-COVID-restriction protesters wasting their time & resources, which are already stretched. The Commissioner made it clear that future protests or attempts to incite public unrest would warrant arrest, no more warnings.
2/Being pregnant isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card. She wasn't 'discussing a peaceful protest', she was organising one in direct violation of health restrictions. I don't question the police's decision to arrest her. I do question why they didn't arrest Sam Newman too.
3/At a guess it was because arresting him would just give him more notoriety, which is the whole reason he's doing this. No longer able to engineer his crass stunts on Channel 9, he has to resort to any means available to get attention.
4/Again, I wholly condemn these protests, and support the police efforts to contain them. This has nothing to do with democracy or freedom. It's dangerous attention seeking, it's hindering a government's efforts to keep people safe, and it discredits ACTUAL democracy movements.
5/Throw the book at them by all means. I'd go further & revise the emergency legislation to include a temporary social media ban for repeat offenders. A ban which would apply to all - including politicians & journalists. Hit them where it hurts. #COVID19Vic #IStandWithDan
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