Melbourne and Sydney anti-lockdown protests: violent clashes as police arrest demonstrators
by Justine Landis-Hanley and Luke Henriques-Gomes from on (#5PP9K)
Police deploy pepper spray and dodge projectiles as protests held in Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay and Brisbane
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Victoria police arrested 235 protesters and three officers remained in hospital on Saturday evening following violent anti-lockdown demonstrations in Melbourne's inner city.
As the state recorded 535 new cases and one death, around 1,000 protesters gathered in the north-eastern suburbs of Richmond and Hawthorn, forced to make a last-minute change of location after 2,000 police officers formed a ring of steel" around the Melbourne CBD.
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