Anti-vaccine violence prompts Melbourne building site shutdown
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Victoria police said several people have been arrested after hundreds of people protest mandate to get vaccinated by Friday.
Australian authorities have shut down construction sites in Melbourne for two weeks after an anti-vaccine protest in the city turned violent and COVID-19 cases in the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) surged.
The closure takes effect from Tuesday and follows clashes in which bottles and a crate were thrown at union officials, and police deployed special units.
Victoria’s state government required all construction workers to have at least one vaccine dose by Friday.
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