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18 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#BREAKING: Victoria Police arrested 235 people today, with 193 people fined for breaching the state's health orders.

10 members of the police were injured and six were taken to hospital. sbs.com.au/news/article/2…
Commander Mark Galliott denied the protests were about freedom.

He said those who attended were "angry, aggressive males" who were there to "take on and fight with police." sbs.com.au/news/police-ar…
Police charged some protesters with riotous behaviour, assaulting police and weapons and drug offences.

Three police officers remain in hospital with injuries such as torn muscles, a broken elbow, a broken nose, a broken finger and bruises. sbs.com.au/news/police-ar…
Victoria Police estimate between 500 and 700 protesters turned up for the anti-lockdown rally.

“What we saw, in some instances, was policemen and women getting trampled, which they do not come to work for." sbs.com.au/news/police-ar…

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21 Sep
There is a heavy police presence today as people rock up to protest outside of the CFMEU building in Melbourne.

An anti-lockdown Telegram group has encouraged people to attend today after the attack on the building yesterday.
The protest has been going on for about 40mins. So far there has been a lot of shouting and swearing at the police.

CFMEU boarded up. Mounted police and riot squad in attendance. Image
Some are angry about the claims "right-wing extremists" and "Nazis" orchestrated yesterday's event.

It's unclear whether these people attended the event yesterday but there seems to be a real mix of people here today. ImageImage
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20 Sep
#BREAKING: Protesters are now brawling and damaging CFMEU property.

Protesters have smashed windows, kicked in glass and thrown bottles at the CFMEU building.
CFMEU are attempting to disperse protesters who have become violent and started destroying property.
We are about 7 hours into this protest now and it keeps getting more chaotic
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20 Sep
I've reached out to the CFMEU about the protests outside their building over mandatory vaccines.

Their spokesperson said they don't have a media statement yet but John Setka will be on 3AW at around 3.20pm.
John Setka says he's still inside the CFMEU building.

"All we've ever done is try and keep our industry working safely... How it's all our fault is beyond me."

"Some of their violence, throwing projectiles and stuff like that was absolutely disgusting."
John Setka: There are construction workers out there. Some of our members are out there. They've expressed their feelings to me and I've engaged with them.

"We've never once said we support mandatory vaccinations. We believe it's their choice to make."
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20 Sep
1/ I'm seeing lots of people on the TL musing over why a journalist may not identify themselves at a protest.

I watched a livestream of the Melbourne protest on Saturday where protesters screamed and jeered abuse at a journo from a major news network.
2/ This was all captured by a livestreamer whose coverage appears to be sympathetic to protesters.

I say this as protesters continuously came up to the livestreamer and praised him for 'doing a great job'.
3/ This suggests that some protesters are aware of who will cover them favourably and are harassing journalists who are independent or unbiased in their coverage, referring to them as "fake news" or intimidating them into leaving an area.
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19 Sep
Some construction workers are protesting mandatory vaccine requirements outside a CFMEU office in Victoria. Image
It looks like the office they’re protesting out the front of is actually closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Image
One construction worker in this livestream, who isn’t wearing a mask, just claimed he was at the Melbourne anti-lockdown protest on Saturday.

He’s wearing a shirt with false information written on it (i.e. “the vaccine is COVID-19” Image
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