Australian truck drivers have blocked a major highway in the north-eastern state of Queensland in a protest against vaccine mandates and tough border restrictions, causing traffic to back up for several kilometres.
The action marks a series of ongoing protests from Australians frustrated with state government COVID-19 lockdowns and mandated restrictions based on emergency public health orders.
The drivers parked their prime movers at 5:30 a.m. on the southbound lanes of the M1 highway at Reedy Creek in the Gold Coast portion of the arterial on Monday. The highway is used by tens of thousands of Queenslanders each morning.
A banner was unfurled and covered the front of both vehicles, reading: “Truckies Keep Australia Moving, Not Politicians.”
One driver named Brock, who did not give his surname, said the drivers were protesting the Queensland government’s strict health orders that prevented all individuals from entering the state, except for essential workers.
Those deemed essential workers need to be involved in skilled construction, farming, or healthcare, and must prove that a Queensland resident cannot do their job. Further, they need to prove they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“End all lockdowns, people go back to work, and kids go back to school,” Brock told Nine’s Today show. “That’s all we want out of it; we’ve had enough of it.
“We’ve had a lot the support mate, the people that showed up today is amazing. We appreciate everyone that’s come down,” he added, saying the police had been lenient about the protest, and he respected what they did.
“But it’s all about choice at the end of the day. If you don’t want to get the vax, don’t get the vax. If you do want to get it, get it. But just don’t keep locking up people.”
News footage showed federal One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson and her advisor James Ashby at the protest.
Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman of Gold Coast police said the truckers faced criminal charges.
Wildman said the M1 was blocked for 45 minutes, and emergency vehicles were held up, which was a “great concern.”
“There’s a bigger picture in this around putting lives at risk, which is really, really disappointing,” he told ABC Gold Coast. “We are investigating, and obviously, action will be taken against those particular drivers at a later time.”
The truckers’ rally comes a day before a planned Australia and New Zealand-wide protest on Aug. 31, that has been circulating on social media for weeks.
“Block every hwy [highway] entering into every state all at the same time & take back Australia,” one post on Facebook read, while warning people to stock up on enough food for a couple of weeks while truckies aim to block supply routes across the country.
3 comments:
Maybe their upside down corrupted Gov. IMO, should had been concerned about people's health, and NOT tried to make everyone jab crap into their sensitive bodies with poisons & fetal material in the mix too; It's experimental, even if FDA came onboard not adhering to a high normal standard with no real data in such short time, other than 600,000 plus die or are jab injured from Tyrants experiments; FDA, they passed the one jab company whose backer's make lots of money too in the equation,...as strongly reputed!!
Two variables IMO are producing unhappy Citizen's today in my opinion; Tyrants trying to control through UNLAWFUL communistic tactic's NO one has to adhere to, tolerate, or abide by..ever, and MONEY, MONEY, MONEY but only for them!!!
They all need to step down, or be arrested everywhere, criminals are what Leaders are being identified as today, it's cause & effect; Tyrants break laws, Citizen's react, and the beat goes on & on till we all turn over to past the baton to the right Leader's to step up, they are out here!!!
Go Get Um Truckers. Love you Men & Women. Stay Safe
Wildman said the M1 was blocked for 45 minutes, and emergency vehicles were held up, which was a “great concern.” What about the poison you "Concerned Politician" put in those poor kids that died. You swamp creatures get up my nose trying to take the "Moral High Ground" when you actually can't see from under the rock you live under.
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