John Farnham's long-time manager has condemned the use of You're The Voice by anti-lockdown protesters who sung the tune during a small flash mob at Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre on Sunday
by anti-lockdown protesters who sang the tune during a small flash mob at Chadstone Shopping Centre on Sunday.
"I’m personally concerned people will hear the song and think John Farnham is personally endorsing these protests, and in this case it’s not right," Mr Wheatley said."It’s something that John and I do not condone, the use of that song, particularly in a time in Melbourne where we are in stage four lockdown."Really, the last thing we should be doing is protesting, no one should be hitting the streets en masse, endangering people’s lives and livelihoods.
"I want to reiterate, we support people’s right to protest, but there’s circumstances where the protest can be done, and taking to the streets of Melbourne today is not it." "We will continue to take the same swift and firm action against those who choose to blatantly ignore the CHO directions," she said.
At least three public order response teams and numerous police cars turned up at the centre in Melbourne's south-east 15 minutes after the protesters broke up. Chadstone's security turned people away from the entrance of the shopping centre after the flash mob.One man was detained by police and led into the shopping centre. Police questioned the man as he was standing at a bakery with a shopping bag in his hand.
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