Thousands gather in Melbourne to protest the state’s vaccine mandate and proposed pandemic bill

Thousands of protesters flood Melbourne chanting ‘sack Dan Andrews’ over vaccine mandates and proposed pandemic bill – slamming it as ‘dangerous new legislation’

  • Scores of protestors are in Melbourne’s CBD opposing state vaccine mandates
  • Hundreds of demonstrators have also slammed a proposed state pandemic bill  


Over 1000 people have gathered outside Melbourne’s state library to protest against the state’s vaccine mandates and a proposed pandemic bill.

Scores of protestors in the CBD have slammed the bill as ‘dangerous new legislation.’ 

The demonstrators marched down Bourke Street to Parliament House on Spring Street just after 12pm, with shouts of ‘free Victoria’ and ‘Sack Dan Andrews’.

Over 1000 people have gathered outside Melbourne ‘s state library to protest against the state’s vaccine mandates and a proposed pandemic bill

Scores of angry protestors in Melbourne's CBD have slammed the proposed pandemic bill as 'dangerous new legislation.'

Scores of angry protestors in Melbourne’s CBD have slammed the proposed pandemic bill as ‘dangerous new legislation.’

If the bill is approved, premier Dan Andrews could declare a pandemic (pictured, protestors in the CBD)

If the bill is approved, premier Dan Andrews could declare a pandemic (pictured, protestors in the CBD)

A second rally was staged in St Kilda, as part of a climate action. 

The new pandemic-specific laws, which are set to replace state-of-emergency powers when they expire on December 15, curtail the chief health officer’s powers.

They will give premier Dan Andrews authority to declare a pandemic and the health minister the role of issuing public health orders.

The crowd, which was comprised of children, the young and the elderly, brought the CBD to a standstill. 

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