Police and anti-lockdown protesters clash in Melbourne – as it happened
by Luke Henriques-Gomes and Justine Landis-Hanley (ea from on (#5PP1A)
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8.45am BST
We'll leave it there for now. Before we do, here are today's main developments.
8.15am BST
Galliott defended the police operation, which aimed to lock the protesters out of the city CBD.
Instead, the protesters gathered in Richmond.
It was a great preventative measure by shutting down the public transport system, as we did by enforcing the vehicle checkpoints kept all those people and the protesters out of the city. If we hadn't done that, we could have had thousands in the city, and we appreciate there was a great disruption to the commuters.