Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Melbourne
September 3, 2020 in News, Video by RBN Staff
source: msn
Lara Pearce
A group of anti-lockdown protesters have clashed with police in Melbourne’s north as almost 200 more Victorians were fined for breaching restrictions.Dozens of demonstrators spent the afternoon throwing flares and rocks at officers along Pascoe Vale Road, some of the alleged offenders underaged.”Victoria Police are doing a great job, they’re out there protecting people, fining, imposing sanctions, doing the work they’re doing, is about protecting people,” Premier Daniel Andrews said today.LIVE UPDATES: ‘No day at the beach is worth that’: Daniel Andrew’s stern warning for beach-goers![a group of people jumping in the air: Police clashed with anti-lockdown protesters along Pascoe Vale Road in Melbourne's north today.]({"default":{"load":"default","w":"80","h":"45","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB18w9L1.img?h=450&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=896&y=198"},"size3column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"35","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB18w9L1.img?h=351&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=896&y=198"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"35","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB18w9L1.img?h=351&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=896&y=198"}})
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© 9News Thousands swarmed to the beach in Victoria yesterday as the weather warmed up.In total, Victoria police officers stopped 14,569 vehicles at checkpoints yesterday and conducted 4284 checks on people at homes, businesses and public places across the state.Police and ADF cracked down on beach-goers as warmer weather across the state saw couped-up Victorians flock outdoors.Among those fined was a Hawthorn woman who was spotted parked in St Kilda, around 10km from her home.
She told police she was looking for a supermarket to buy toilet paper but got lost.
Outside of Melbourne, group of seven young people, who all lived at different addresses, were found at a house party yesterday in Warrnambool on Victoria’s south-west coast, where Stage Three restrictions are in place.
Police issued the teens with a warning, but an hour later police were called back to the home and found them all still there.
All seven were issued with fines for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
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Twelve adults and eight children attended the gathering.
A San Remo family were also fined after a carload of two adults and three children were stopped at a vehicle checkpoint.
The male driver of the car told police he was picking up medication from his work and they had decided to get pizza in Pakenham before heading home.
Asked why his partner and three children needed to also attend, he said the family had to do everything together.
Victoria recorded a further 114 COVID-19 cases today, an increase on yesterday’s two-month low of 94 cases.
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