When she asked the crowd to socially distance into groups of 20 she was met with boos before a chant of "freedom, freedom, freedom" erupted from onlookers. "There's definitely a lot of misinformation out there but that can all be shot down - it is simply not true," he told reporters on Saturday. Chants of "freedom, freedom, freedom" rang out during the march, along with shouts of "we will not comply". The Melbourne Freedom Rally group posted unfounded claims on social media about the coronavirus vaccine about fertility and falsely claimed the FDA had not approved the use of the vaccine. Anti-vaccination protesters gathered in Fawkner Park in Melbourne yesterday afternoon for a rally that led to multiple arrests.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 20, 2021 20:07 UTC