Tag Archives: Australia

Earlier.

Melbourne, Australia.

In pictures: Police arrest protesters in Melbourne on third day of demonstrations against vaccine mandates (News9)

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The West Gate Freeway, Melbourne, Australia

This morning.

Melbourne, Australia.

Via The Age:

Police have confronted thousands of protesters on Melbourne’s busiest freeway, appearing to fire pellets into the crowd outside a service station. Traffic has been blocked on a large part of the West Gate Freeway for hours.

Protesters reached the centre of the West Gate Bridge about 3.30pm AEST, then started their descent back down the bridge, and began heading back into the city.

When protesters reached a service station past the base of the bridge, they were met with lines of police who appeared to fire pellets into the crowd…

Police confront protesters, appear to fire pellets on Melbourne’s busiest freeway (The Age)

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In fairness.

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CFMEU accuses its own MEMBERS of being ‘far-right Nazis’ (RebelNews)

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Gulp.

 

This afternoon.

Several federal cabinet ministers were called to a top-secret meeting in Canberra on Wednesday ahead of a major international development expected out of the United States today

Sources familiar with the development said some members of cabinet were granted border exemptions to urgently fly to Canberra for the hastily arranged meeting, which sources say will have international significance.

Anyone?

Ministers granted border exemptions to attend urgent meeting in Canberra (Sydney Morning Herald)

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Cri.

Key.

Leave me grog alone.

Australia Is Now Confiscating Booze Delivered To People Forced Into Lockdown (Zero Hedge)

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Strewth Sheila.

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Ah here.

This morning.

Melbourne, Australia.

Despite rising covid cases, Victoria premier Daniel Andrews (top) defends Melbourne’s current lockdown – which includes the closure of shops, restaurants, cinemas and playgrounds, and stay-at-home restrictions – now into its 200th day.

Victoria Covid update: Daniel Andrews insists lockdown is working despite daily cases rising to 57 (The Guardian)

This morning/afternoon.

Via Reuters:

Australia has confirmed 55 deaths since July 11, breaking a run of more than three months without any fatalities. In total, Australia has recorded 966 COVID-19 deaths.

The toll rose as 200 military personnel were deployed across Sydney to set up roadblocks in the hardest-hit areas, amid persistent reports of people flouting lockdown rules. The latest deployment comes on top of 500 troops deployed last month.

Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended (Reuters)

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Strewth.

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Crikey.

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Oh.

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FIGHT!

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Ah.

Police stand guard outside an apartment block in Bondi Junction in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last night/this morning.

Two Australian apartment blocks have been placed under strict lockdown with residents barred from leaving.

Via The Guardian:

An apartment building in Bondi Junction in Sydney’s east remains under police guard after eight cases of Covid were detected across five of the 29 apartments, while residents of an apartment building in Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s north-western suburbs have been ordered to isolate after a removalist with Covid worked there last week.

Two apartment blocks in hard lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne to contain Covid outbreak (The Guardian)

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