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Australia Vaccine-Mandate Protesters Compare State Government To Nazis: Report
Several thousand people rallied in Melbourne against new vaccination mandates on Saturday, with a few comparing the state government to Nazis and calling for violence against politicians, local media said.
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Australia Anti-Lockdown Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Hundreds Arrested
Several police officers were wounded and hundreds of protesters were arrested in Australia's second-most-populous city Saturday in violent clashes at an anti-lockdown march.
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Australia Reports 1,882 New Covid Cases; Police Quell Anti-Lockdown Protests
Australia recorded 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, as thousands of police officers in Sydney and Melbourne were deployed to quell planned anti-lockdown protests, setting up checkpoints and barricades.
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Hundreds Of Protesters Arrested As Australia Reports Record Covid Cases
Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Thousands March In Australian Cities To Protest Refugee Detention Policy
Thousands of people marched across major Australian cities Saturday calling for an end to Canberra's offshore detention of asylum-seekers.
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Thousands Protest Across Australia Against Adani's Coal Mine Project
Reports said around 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's Princes Park carrying placards reading 'Coal=CO2!!!' and 'Protect Our Future'.
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Australian Police Use Pepper Spray To Stop Clashes At Anti Immigration Rally
Australian police fired pepper spray to break up clashes between right wing nationalists and anti racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne on Sunday, the latest protest held by anti immigration groups in the country.
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Australia Police Uses Pepper Spray To Break Up Clashes In Melbourne
Australian police used pepper spray to break up clashes between rightwing nationalists and anti-racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne today as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said eliminating racism was still a "work in progress".
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Anti-Islam Rallies, Counter Protests Flare in Australia
Rival anti-Islam and anti-racism rallies saw hundreds protest across Australia at the weekend with violent clashes in Melbourne, as police officers mounted a strong presence in cities today to keep the two sides apart.
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Smoking Ban Sparks Riot at Australian Prison
Hundreds of inmates at a maximum security prison in Melbourne rioted today and prison staff were evacuated after, according to media reports, a protest against a smoking ban at the facility spun out of control.
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Sound Cannons And Snake Bans For Brisbane G20 Security Lockdown
Australia is deploying its largest ever peacetime security operation amid fears of violent protests or extremist attacks when world leaders including US President Barack Obama converge on Brisbane for the G20 summit this weekend.
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Tamil group plans protest at 2nd Test in Melbourne
The Tamil Refugee Council said on Friday it wants Cricket Australia to stop playing matches against Sri Lanka until its government agrees to an independent inquiry into war crimes.
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Muslims tipped off Oz police over volatile text messages
Members of the Muslim community in Australia's New South Wales tipped the police that radical Islamists were sending "inflammatory text messages" seeking support for a protest over a video deemed offensive to Islam.
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Olympics History: 1956 MELBOURNE
The isolation of the first southern hemisphere Games kept entries down and the Games were hit by two boycotts. Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon withdrew to protest the Israeli-led take-over of the Suez Canal while Holland, Spain and Switzerland boycotted to protest the Soviet Union invasion of Hungary.
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'Occupy Wall Street' protests: Riot police arrest activists in Melbourne
Riot police in Australia's second-largest city broke up a demonstration linked to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement Friday, after a group of around 100 people protesting corporate greed defied an order to vacate a plaza.
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Australia Vaccine-Mandate Protesters Compare State Government To Nazis: Report
Several thousand people rallied in Melbourne against new vaccination mandates on Saturday, with a few comparing the state government to Nazis and calling for violence against politicians, local media said.
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Australia Anti-Lockdown Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Hundreds Arrested
Several police officers were wounded and hundreds of protesters were arrested in Australia's second-most-populous city Saturday in violent clashes at an anti-lockdown march.
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Australia Reports 1,882 New Covid Cases; Police Quell Anti-Lockdown Protests
Australia recorded 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, as thousands of police officers in Sydney and Melbourne were deployed to quell planned anti-lockdown protests, setting up checkpoints and barricades.
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Hundreds Of Protesters Arrested As Australia Reports Record Covid Cases
Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Thousands March In Australian Cities To Protest Refugee Detention Policy
Thousands of people marched across major Australian cities Saturday calling for an end to Canberra's offshore detention of asylum-seekers.
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Thousands Protest Across Australia Against Adani's Coal Mine Project
Reports said around 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's Princes Park carrying placards reading 'Coal=CO2!!!' and 'Protect Our Future'.
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Australian Police Use Pepper Spray To Stop Clashes At Anti Immigration Rally
Australian police fired pepper spray to break up clashes between right wing nationalists and anti racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne on Sunday, the latest protest held by anti immigration groups in the country.
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Australia Police Uses Pepper Spray To Break Up Clashes In Melbourne
Australian police used pepper spray to break up clashes between rightwing nationalists and anti-racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne today as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said eliminating racism was still a "work in progress".
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Anti-Islam Rallies, Counter Protests Flare in Australia
Rival anti-Islam and anti-racism rallies saw hundreds protest across Australia at the weekend with violent clashes in Melbourne, as police officers mounted a strong presence in cities today to keep the two sides apart.
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Smoking Ban Sparks Riot at Australian Prison
Hundreds of inmates at a maximum security prison in Melbourne rioted today and prison staff were evacuated after, according to media reports, a protest against a smoking ban at the facility spun out of control.
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Sound Cannons And Snake Bans For Brisbane G20 Security Lockdown
Australia is deploying its largest ever peacetime security operation amid fears of violent protests or extremist attacks when world leaders including US President Barack Obama converge on Brisbane for the G20 summit this weekend.
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Tamil group plans protest at 2nd Test in Melbourne
The Tamil Refugee Council said on Friday it wants Cricket Australia to stop playing matches against Sri Lanka until its government agrees to an independent inquiry into war crimes.
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Muslims tipped off Oz police over volatile text messages
Members of the Muslim community in Australia's New South Wales tipped the police that radical Islamists were sending "inflammatory text messages" seeking support for a protest over a video deemed offensive to Islam.
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Olympics History: 1956 MELBOURNE
The isolation of the first southern hemisphere Games kept entries down and the Games were hit by two boycotts. Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon withdrew to protest the Israeli-led take-over of the Suez Canal while Holland, Spain and Switzerland boycotted to protest the Soviet Union invasion of Hungary.
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'Occupy Wall Street' protests: Riot police arrest activists in Melbourne
Riot police in Australia's second-largest city broke up a demonstration linked to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement Friday, after a group of around 100 people protesting corporate greed defied an order to vacate a plaza.
