Melbourne lockdown ends 22nd October 2021

[Super Nova]

Hmm, one incident makes all cops thugs?

[Bobby]

Hmm, one incident makes all cops thugs?

Cops?
They are very rough -
how many people were beaten to a pulp by them?
How many ended up in hospital?
Only cops going to hospital was mentioned on our news
which is of the same standard as the North Korean news service.

[Gordon]

Hmm, one incident makes all cops thugs?

I'm about as pro cop as can be, but my patience is wearing thin. NSW cops seem way more reasonable than Vicpol.

[Bobby]

It looks she survived:

https://media.gab.com/system/media_atta ... b516cb.mp4

[Bobby]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-20/ ... /100475328


Victoria records 567 new local COVID cases and
one death as Melbourne faces
five more weeks of lockdown.

Posted 7m ago






Victoria has recorded 567 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and one death, as Melburnians prepare for another five weeks of hard lockdown under the state's new restrictions roadmap.

Health authorities are yet to reveal how many of the new cases are linked to existing outbreaks.

The cases were detected from 50,915 test results received on Sunday, when Premier Daniel Andrews unveiled a roadmap indicating lockdown should begin to ease in Melbourne from October 26.

That step is based on the projected date when 80 per cent of Victorians aged 16+ will be vaccinated and could come sooner if the state's vaccination rollout accelerates.

The state delivered 39,939 vaccine doses at state-run sites on Sunday.
Posted 7m ago

[Bobby]

https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 58sz3.html

Riot police set for front line at future
COVID protests


By John Silvester
September 20, 2021 — 5.00am






Police will consider using specially equipped Public Order Response Team officers to confront violent anti-lockdown protesters in future, declaring they will now be treated as rioters rather than demonstrators.

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said he would do everything in his power to protect front-line general-duties police from being attacked in confrontations. In Richmond on Saturday, 10 police were injured and 235 protesters arrested in repeated clashes.

“What we saw were large groups of young, angry men who were intent on committing violence,” he said.

Mr Patton said the police operation, which included stopping public transport into the city, successfully prevented a potential COVID super-spreader gathering of up to 15,000 people, “but it came at a cost. For our police that were assaulted and threatened, it would seem a hollow victory.”

He said senior police would review the tactics used at the weekend. However, after Saturday’s violence and similar clashes at a city demonstration on August 21, when 218 people were arrested and six officers hospitalised, he flagged the use of specialised riot police.

“Our junior members have done a magnificent job, but we have PORT [the Public Order Response Team] trained to cope with extreme violence.”


Until now, police have deployed regular general-duties officers on the front line and held specialist riot police in reserve. Under proposed changes to be discussed this week, PORT would be moved to front-line duties on the expectation that hardcore lockdown protests would probably become violent.

The specially equipped police have lightweight armour, helmets, riot shields and weapons including rapid-fire guns that shoot non-lethal pellets or capsicum rounds; stinger grenades rolled along the ground that explode, releasing nine rubber projectiles, waist-high to five metres; and flash-bang grenades. Up to 300 police have been trained to use the weapons.

Mr Patton defended the police tactics at Richmond on Saturday, saying: “We didn’t do it, they did it. This was not about mums and dads who wanted to protest, it was about fools who went there intent on violence ... Their intention is not to demonstrate but to riot.”

He said police would look to charge some of Saturday’s arrested demonstrators with affray, which carries a maximum jail term of five years. They will also look at laying the charge of violent disorder under the Crimes Act. This offence occurs when six or more people riot causing injury and/or damage to property. The penalty is up to 10 years in jail.

[sprintcyclist]

........... There are 209 in hospital, with 59 in intensive care and 40 people on a ventilator.

A total 86 per cent of those in hospital are not vaccinated. Only three are fully vaccinated. ...................

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/coronaviru ... 3rGLvlEbE8

This is the other side of the equation to look at

[Bobby]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/ ... /100478470


Victoria records 603 new local COVID-19 cases
and one death

Posted 3h ago
3 hours ago
, updated 18m ago





Victoria has recorded 603 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and one death.

The woman who passed away was in her 70s from the Hume region.

The cases were detected from 48,829 test results received on Monday, when the state delivered 40,811 vaccine doses at state-run sites.

There are now 6,000 active cases across the Victorian community and 241 people in hospital, 60 of those are in ICU and 39 are on a ventilator.

As many as 73.4 per cent of people in Victoria have received the first dose of the vaccine, and some 44.4 per cent have received the full dose.
Victoria's construction industry 'difficult task' to shut down

Victoria's construction industry is reeling after the state government shut down the industry across Melbourne, Geelong Ballarat and some other regional areas for two weeks.

[Bobby]

https://au.newschant.com/national/vic/m ... ouncement/

Unconfirmed reports of a construction worker
jumping off a building because of lockdowns.


Man’s body found at West Melbourne worksite hours after construction shutdown announcement


A person’s body has been found at a worksite in West Melbourne – solely hours after a two-week shutdown on the construction business was introduced.

The discovery was made on Spencer Street shortly after 7am on Tuesday.

Police are but to find out the circumstances surrounding the demise, including that WorkSafe is investigating.


“Emergency services were called to the Spencer Street address following the discovery of the man’s body sometime after 7am,” a spokesperson stated.

“Sadly, the man who is yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.”
Police at the scene of the worksite – the place the person’s body was found – on Tuesday morning. Credit: 7NEWS

A report can be ready for the coroner.

The construction business was shut down for 2 weeks on Monday night time following fears that low compliance might be sparking the unfold of COVID-19.

There are 403 circumstances of COVID-19 linked on to construction.

“As a result of these figures, the public health team was left with no choice but to hit the pause button and continue working with the sector over these next two weeks to improve compliance,” Health Minister Martin Foley stated.

Some 186 worksites throughout the state have been immediately related to infections.


Construction staff are seen at a protest in Melbourne. Credit: JAMES ROSS/AAPIMAGE

The shutdown was notified by the Victorian authorities at 10pm on Monday, following violent protests outdoors the CFMEU’s headquarters.

Foley described the scenes as “deplorable” and an “insult to every Victorian who has been doing the right thing”.

Regardless, he stated the choice to quickly shut down the business was based mostly on knowledge and had been thought-about for a number of days earlier than the protest.

All websites might want to exhibit compliance with the chief well being officer’s instructions, together with proof staff have had at least one dose of a vaccine, earlier than they return to work on October 5.

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September 21, 2021

[Black Orchid]

That's terrible and things are only going to get worse. They should throw Comrade Dan off a building site. What he did was all kinds of wrong.