{"id":81243,"date":"2021-12-09T04:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=81243"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T22:02:14","slug":"covid-protesters-march-through-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/covid-protesters-march-through-city\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID protesters march through city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT five-thousand protesters rallied and marched through Ballarat last Sunday claiming to evoke the memory of the Eureka Rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees were variously anti vaccinations, anti lockdowns and restrictions, and against the State Government\u2019s pandemic laws, Premier Daniel Andrews, the established political system as well as many other things.<\/p>\n<p>After gathering at Civic Hall for speakers the protesters marched down Armstrong Street to Sturt Street where they headed through the Bridge Mall and to the Bakery Hill roundabout, where they stopped to take the \u201coath of Eureka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there the group went onto the space beside the Ballarat Skate Park for more speakers and music.<\/p>\n<p>There were no signs of trouble on what was a peaceful march, although some protesters did chant profanities over megaphones for part of their journey.<\/p>\n<p>While some businesses in the CBD did close for the day, or part of it, many others remained open and traded through the protests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81245\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81245 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/IMG_9405-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Craig Kelly, former Liberal and now Clive Palmers United Australia Party spoke at Civic Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Craig Kelly, a Federal New South Wales MP and now member of Clive Palmers United Australia Party tried to link current COVID-19 proof of vaccination requirements to the Eureka Rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hundred and sixty-seven years ago a small group of Australians stood against tyranny,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they were ultimately standing against was a requirement that you had a piece of paper in your pocket to contribute to society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you couldn\u2019t work unless you had a piece of paper issued by the government, called a mining licence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other anti-COVID measures were advanced by attendee Paul Harper.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was from Ballarat and agreed with many of the issues being raised at the protest.<\/p>\n<p>He noted he\u2019d chosen not to wear a mask and when asked about vaccinations said, \u201cI won\u2019t tell you about my vaccine status. That\u2019s my own private information.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81246\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/IMG_6161-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Harper is against Daniel Andrews for a lot of reasons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like others at the event, Mr Harper\u2019s reason for attending went beyond opposition to COVID-19 related laws and issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole reason for Daniel Andrews behaviour over the last 18 months is\u2026 to cover up his incompetence with health care over the last 15 years,\u201d Mr Harper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason we have to wear these ridiculous restrictions is because his hospital system can\u2019t cope with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A statement released a day before the event by Ballarat Alliance, a local progressive lobby group, denounced the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballarat Community Alliance condemns the far right anti-vaxx conspiracy rally on Sunday,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThey don\u2019t represent Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are disgusted that they are using the memory of the Eureka stockade to further their far-right cause and dangerous misinformation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81247\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81247\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/IMG_9596-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The march ended at a park on the corner of Barkly Street and Main Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBallarat has one of the highest vaccination rates in Australia. 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