Australian police have given protesters a day to leave the capital Canberra.
Thousands of people have occupied streets outside the Australian parliament in the capital Canberra as days-long rallies continue against Covid-19 vaccine mandates.
Australian police have protesters until the end of Sunday to leave occupied areas.
Several thousand protesters remained in place at Canberra’s
major showgrounds, while fewer than 100 demonstrators were
gathered near the federal parliament building, an Australian
Capital Territory (ACT) police spokesperson told Reuters.
No protesters in Canberra had been arrested so far on Sunday
after three were detained on Saturday.
“They must be out by today,” the police spokesperson said,
declining to say what action authorities would take if
protesters refused to comply with demands to leave.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand’s Wellington, demonstrators
protesting Covid-19 mandates gathered for a sixth day, despite
heavy rain and strong winds lashing the city.
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Authorities played songs, including Baby Shark, Macarena and
hits by Barry Manilow over loudspeakers in a bid to disperse the
demonstration, amid the wild weather caused by the remnants of a
tropical cyclone.
The storm on Sunday moved across New Zealand’s North Island,
causing heavy rain and gale-force winds in many parts, the
country’s weather bureau said on its website.
Anti-vaccine protests remain relatively small in highly
vaccinated New Zealand and Australia, where most people support
inoculations.
Australia logged 22,750 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the number of new cases in New Zealand almost doubled to a daily record of 810.
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Anti-vaccine mandate protesters occupy streets outside Australia parliament
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