Riot police break up anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne.
About 100 police were in and around the Shrine early in the day. Mounted officers were used to move the crowd on about midday amid chants of ‘Dictator Dan’ and ‘Let the kids live’.
In one incident, a man charged at police as they arrested another person and began throwing punches before he was also arrested. Police told the woman to move away, as she had already received a fine for breaking the Chief Health Officer’s stay-at-home directions. "The only protest we should be engaged in, the only argument, the only fight we should be engaged in as against this virus.
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