{"id":669303,"date":"2021-08-21T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=669303"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:06:28","slug":"hundreds-arrested-fined-in-australia-amid-nationwide-protests-against-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-arrested-fined-in-australia-amid-nationwide-protests-against-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Arrested, Fined In Australia Amid Nationwide Protests Against Lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-arrested-fined-in-australia-amid-nationwide-protests-against-lockdowns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=669303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234783861.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Police arrested more than 250 people Saturday as protests swept Australia in response to renewed lockdown orders amid rising cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters swarmed the streets of Melbourne and Sydney, which led to the hospitalization of seven police officers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/sydney-police-crack-down-planned-anti-lockdown-protest-2021-08-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMounted police used pepper spray in Melbourne to break up crowds of more than 4,000 surging toward police lines, while smaller groups of protesters were prevented from congregating in Sydney by a large contingent of riot police,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>In Melbourne, 218 people were reportedly arrested, 236 were fined, and three were placed in custody for allegedly assaulting police. In Sydney, 47 people were charged with violating public health orders or resisting arrest, and police issued more than 260 fines.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.504854368932\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST \ud83d\udea8 Chaotic scenes as protesters break through police barricades in Melbourne, Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Melbourneprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Melbourneprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sydneyprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sydneyprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vHOXIjtpav\">pic.twitter.com\/vHOXIjtpav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1428943599140581377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8817204301075\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN \ud83d\udea8 People in Melbourne\u2019s anti lockdown protest chanting \u201cFreedom, Freedom\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/melbourneprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#melbourneprotest<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1hCi99cUg\">pic.twitter.com\/j1hCi99cUg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1428930514547843072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since last Saturday, residents of Sydney and its state of New South Wales have faced a potential fine of $5,000 for violating the extended stay-at-home orders, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/australias-victoria-reports-21-new-local-covid-19-cases-2021-08-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a very serious situation here in New South Wales,\u201d state Health Minister Brad Hazzard said. \u201cThere is no time now to be selfish, it\u2019s time to think of the broader community and your families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A priest at a freedom protest in Sydney last month recently explained to Rebel News why he opposes the ongoing government lockdowns. Explaining how his generation had been called to fight communism in Vietnam, he warned that Australians now face an even greater threat to liberty from their own government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad was very much in favor of conscription [for the Vietnam War]. He explained to me that it is important that we stand up because this country was founded in democratic principles that enshrined certain freedoms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we don\u2019t want to live in a country where they can tell you you can\u2019t go to church on Sunday. We don\u2019t want to live in a country where they have electronic surveillance on you, where they can tell you when you come in and when you go out, whether you can go to work; who you can associate with, you know, whether you\u2019re able to embrace people. I mean, God, it wasn\u2019t even that extreme, I don\u2019t think, but, you know, the so-called communist menace at the time was going to deprive us of all these rights,\u201d the priest continued.<\/p>\n<p>The priest went on to assert that if public health officials genuinely cared about public health, they would take into consideration the toll on mental health that continued forced isolation is taking on people, which he said is leading many people to commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey strip us of our humanity, they break down community, and they destroy the country we fought for, the country we love, the values we cherish. We need to stand up and fight not violently, but we need to be ready to have violence done to us, I suspect, by police and others. We\u2019ve got to be ready to count the cost, as our mothers and our fathers did when they fought to give us these freedoms. It\u2019s time for us now to stand up and fight to preserve them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aussie priest makes a perfect case AGAINST lockdowns at Sydney protest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nAIlpvHtLaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/give-unto-caesar-alberta-pastor-jailed-again-after-police-helicopter-finds-secret-church-gathering-officer-quotes-jesus-to-justify-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Give Unto Caesar\u2019: Alberta Pastor Jailed Again After Police Helicopter Finds Secret Church Gathering; Officer Quotes Jesus To Justify Arrest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested more than 250 people Saturday as protests swept Australia in response to renewed lockdown orders amid rising cases of COVID-19.Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters swarmed the streets of Melbourne &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}