At least 15 people have been arrested in Melbourne and another three in Sydney as hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters gathered across the country.
Protesters also gathered in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane to mark what protest organisers called"Freedom Day".
"The tinfoil hat-wearing brigade are alive and well in our community," Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said a week earlier, warning Victorians against attending the protests. Protesters were gathering as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews delivered his daily coronavirus update, announcing a further 76 coronavirus cases and 11 fatalities.
Mr Andrews will on Sunday announce separate pathways for how and when Melbourne and regional Victoria will come out of respective stage four and three lockdowns.
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