The Victorian government is set to announce vaccine mandates for another industry just days after rolling out the measure for construction workers sparked violent mass protests in Melbourne.
Construction workers and others opposed to new COVID-19 vaccine rules have taken to the streets. Some allege that right-wing extremists have infiltrated the increasingly violent protests.
Stipe Lijovic took his own life at the Crema Construction site on Spencer Street in Melbourne s West just hours after a two-week ban on construction was announced.
Police have fired rubber bullets at anti-vaccination protesters who set up camp atop Melbourne s war memorial in the hopes police wouldn t fire on them out of respect for fallen Anzacs.