Thousands of people marched from Canberra’s CBD to Old Parliament House on Saturday as part of a convoy protesting against government COVID-19 restrictions such as vaccination mandates.
The marchers, many carrying Australian and Eureka Stockade flags, were joined by trucks on roads as they marched through the city.
Protesters from the Convoy to Canberra march towards the Parliamentary Triangle.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Victorian man Mark Anania said he’d joined the Convoy to Canberra protests to fight vaccination mandates.
“We’re here for our freedoms,” he said. “We’re from Victoria, we’ve been through just about every rally in Victoria and we’ve come down yesterday just in the spur of the moment.”
“Stayed in our car overnight and like most people here we’ve been out of work since October, and just fighting for our rights as human beings to be able to choose whether or not we want to take a vaccine,” he said.
Crowds at the Convoy to Canberra rally at Old Parliament House.Credit:Kate Geraghty
The Convoy to Canberra rally originally arrived in Canberra on Monday morning, when thousands of people gathered at Parliament House.
Participants had spent the last week camping on the Patrick White lawns out the front of the National Library, but were evicted from the site by ACT Police and the Australian Federal Police on Friday.
Many protesters moved peacefully to the Canberra showgrounds afterwards.
Police also arrested a 44-year-old man after allegedly finding a loaded modified rifle in his vehicle. ACT Police say he is expected to be charged with possession of an illegal firearm.
Authorities have warned that there may be traffic disruptions around Canberra’s CBD and the Parliamentary Triangle in the coming days due to a number of both planned and unplanned protests.
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