The Land Forces arms expo features weaponry that can kill en masse,alongside armour to protect military dogs. And more lanyards than you can poke a howitzer at.
Protesters turned out to disrupt the Land Forces expo,confronting massed police forces.
Several fires were lit as police locked down city roads leading to the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre on day one of the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition.
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Hundreds of extra officers have been deployed and police powers have been expanded to respond to protests outside the Land Forces weapons expo in Melbourne this week.
An anti-war protester has been arrested after she “affixed” herself to a car decorated to look like a reptile,which blocked traffic ahead of a military exposition in Melbourne next week.
The Greens present a genuine threat to the Albanese government,but a misstep this week may pose a bigger risk to themselves.
A sea of protesters marched through central Melbourne,expressed their disgust for federal Labor’s move to put the CFMEU into administration.
Without the CFMEU,the construction industry would be a “dangerous place”,say unionists.
It’s not Anthony Albanese or Sally McManus who have brought the union to this crisis,it’s the previous leadership and their self-interest.
The former secretary of the NSW CFMEU began his day with a court mention for bribery charges,and was a hero by lunchtime.