The Victorian Premier had his own run in with the law today moments before he railed against scores of anti-lockdown protesters.
Daniel Andrews said he was stopped by officers checking motorists weren’t breaching the 5km travel limit as part of the city’s strict lockdown.infections and 11 deaths. That’s down from 81 cases on Friday. Of those deaths five occurred on Friday with the remainder from earlier but only now counted in the daily numbers.
Mr Andrews said he wasn’t aware of that happening. It was then that the Premier revealed his own run in with the law. The Premier would be exempt from the 5km rule but the hundreds of people who gathered in Albert Park and other areas in the city to protest the stage four restrictions today certainly would not.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews hit out at anti lockdown protesters. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel PockettA woman was taken to Melbourne West police station, while a mask-less man – who repeatedly called police “Nazi dogs” – was arrested at the Shrine on Saturday morning.
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