Rallies in Sydney and Melbourne saw crowds peddling a grab-bag of conspiracy theories, with turnout much smaller than Yes campaign marches last weekend.
Anti-Voice rallies in Sydney and Melbourne were dominated by crowds peddling a grab-bag of conspiracy theories, including about the referendum, with the protests much smaller in scale than the officialSeveral hundred people gathered in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Saturday for the rally, with some carrying “Vote No” signs associated with the formal No campaign,No campaigners walk to the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne.
However, many appeared motivated by conspiracy and anti-government causes like QAnon, with signs and t-shirts protesting paedophile ring conspiracies, vaccination, as well as 5G and other technologies.The atmosphere of the Melbourne rally had an air of a movement reuniting, with many attendees still agitated by vaccine mandates and other historical health measures enacted to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The group marched from parliament to Flinders Street Station, where protesters took turns to speak to the crowd and sing songs, including a lyrically reworked version of John Farnham’s“It’s all just like COVID. That’s why we’re here because we smell the same rat,” said Mark Mack, who altered the first verse of Farnham’s lyrics to: “They’re trying to take the country over.”
The Sydney event, which was hosted ex-Howard government MP turned Liberal Democrat, Ross Cameron, began with a Welcome to Country by Aboriginal activistHe urged the crowd to vote No to Voice, and praised them for standing up to the “evil regime here and around the world” and opposing a “dictatorship” which he did not identify.
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