'It's not selfless, it is selfish': Miles warns against protests in Queensland
The Health Minister says Queensland is not out of the woods yet, with regards to the pandemic, and as a result, believes now is not the time for protests.
"About reports that there are protests planned to be held this weekend, I want to say, very clearly, that any breach of our health directions could put the lives of Queenslanders at risk.
"We are not out of the woods yet from those cases that we have confirmed over the last week or so and to people who are concerned about the treatment of refugees, I understand your concern. Iappreciate your concern, however, your concern is with decisions of the Federal Government, not with Queenslanders who could be put at risk, whose health could be put at risk if these protests were to go ahead.
"If the weekend goes well, if we continue to not record cases of community transmission, the Chief Health Officer hopes to next week be able to lift the restrictions on people visiting aged care facilities.
"That's what is at stake here, whether hundreds of Queenslanders can have their families visit them in their nursing homes or not.
"The decision, anyone's decision to breach these directions and put that arrest, put the ability of people to visit their family members in their nursing care facility at risk, is not selfless, it is selfish.
"They should not think for a moment that they are part of one of the world's great protest movements. Those great protest movements put their own lives at risk. Not the lives of others, not the lives of innocent people.
"And as the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner will underline, we will not allow them to proceed."
Queensland's Deputy Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has echoed the minister's statement.
"Now is not the time and now is not the way to do a protest around things that these people may think is important. They have so many other options at their disposal to lawfully protest.
"Going onto the Story Bridge and blocking it is not a lawful protest. We will do whatever we can and we are still examining the legal options we have at our disposal to prevent that, but we are realistic to know that some people will still try to protest, so there is a very large police operation in place from tomorrow.
"They will not be permitted to block the Bradfield Highway, the Story Bridge. We will take action and if people commit offences they can expect to be arrested."
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