Anti-Lockdown Protesters Attack Police in Virus-Weary Australia
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A deserted Southbank Promenade in Melbourne, on July 22.
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Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters flooded into Australia’s largest cities, some clashing with police, defying stay-at-home orders imposed as the country grapples with resurgent infection rates and a sluggish vaccination program.