Thousands of protesters – including one riding a HORSE – gather on either side of the NSW-Queensland border to vent their fury over closure that stops many of them getting to work
- Thousands of angry protestors have gathered at NSW and Queensland border
- Up to 2000 people are hitting back at Covid-19 restrictions like border closures
- Attendees say travel restrictions are ruining their social lives and livelihoods
Thousands of angry protestors have gathered at the New South Wales and Queensland border to hit back at Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Up to 2,000 people, including one man on horseback, congregated at both sides of the border at about 12pm on Sunday.
Around 50 police officers have been monitoring the mostly peaceful protest, however multiple arrests have been made.
Thousands of angry protestors have gathered at the New South Wales and Queensland border to hit back at Covid-19 lockdown restrictions
Up to 2,000 people congregated at both sides of the NSW and Queensland border at about 12pm on Sunday
Angry residents who live near the NSW side are hitting out at the travel restrictions which they say are destroying their social lives and livelihood, the ABC reported.
At Boundary Street in Coolangatta, one man on horseback was heard chanting ‘Cross the border. Everyone cross the border, they can’t hold all of us’.
Other rally attendees yelled ‘who do you work for’ at police while others held signs that said ‘Open the Border Now’ and ‘No Vaxx Passport’.
A plane flew overhead the protestors with a banner reading: ‘Tweed zero cases. Why lockdown insanity?’ the Courier Mail reported.
Meanwhile at Jack Evans Harbour in Tweed Heads, a blockade of protestors who outnumbered police were seen forcing the officers to retreat further back.
One attendee from West Tweed said crossing the border into Queensland was a daily occurrence for his community.
‘To stop people being able to do that – particularly in the situation where there’s no cases in our area – is hypocrisy,’ he told the ABC.
Around 50 police officers have been monitoring the mostly peaceful protest, however multiple arrests have been made
Other rally attendees yelled ‘who do you work for’ at police while others held signs that said ‘Open the Border Now’ and ‘No Vaxx Passport’
Few attendees at the protest were seen wearing masks, while others kissed and hugged in the tightly-packed crowds.
More to come.