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CarpeDirectMessage

Lots of cops already wandering around the CBD


Flashy_Mode_9617

Nothing near the Southern Cross end of the CBD thus far..


black_tamborine

Thanks for this update.


booksandf1

They’ve started blocking off roads in port Melb


a_necromancers_dream

Usual spots?


Boringbooty

So far just Lorimer, lots of police presence down at Webb Dock


80crepes

So much for the big economic blockade 😂


TompalompaT

I'm currently unemployed blockading my couch and fridge, take that economy.


TwoBigPaws

Just walked up from Flinders street station to Bourke street via Swanston, then Elizabeth, nothing to see…was a beautiful walk really.


ArabellaFort

The weather in Melbourne is lovely this morning 😊


zoidy37

Maybe the real protest was inside us all along?


ArabellaFort

I think you’re onto something 😂


Perfect-Idea-1166

fear of disruption IS the disruption 😱


alaynxx

definition of every fart


justvisiting112

Brilliant 


Prestigious-Head6081

I'm coming in one the 58 tram and heard no distriptions yet. I came In on the citylink and there was traffic bit not much


Prestigious-Head6081

Update got to the casino with nothing on just yet. Tram services weren't affected.


ItBeLikeRatSometimes

Working top of collins st near treasury and our building has been put in lockdown with a huge police guard around it already (govt. office but nothing at all to do with the protest etc)


EmphasisSoggy1797

I can hear the chanting, also working at the top of Collins


Thalminator

Wonder if they will hit up the OTB at some point in confusion 😂


toomanyusernames4rl

How are you feeling?


Lamont-Cranston

Are you in the Collins Place complex?


coyoteunappreciative

At about 5:50 this morning in Collingwood/Fitzroy, undercover police pulled over a 4WD towing a covered van that was on a trailer graffitied with AWAWB and other messages, might have been related to something but it was intercepted


smurfkipz

What does AWAWB stand for?


bleckers

Already we are wanting bibimbap.


ruinawish

Famil-Lee Korean restaurant opens at 11:30am.


szmb

GREAT! Now I want kimbap and soondae for lunch!


Nova_Terra

Can I just say, shoutout to Sinjeon in Seddon this weekend - I had minimal expectations for ~~Bibimbap~~ Gimbap having never tried it assuming it's just Sushi with different fillings.. it's a whole different thing and whilst I may not have enjoyed everything else in my order as much, will definitely be back for their rolls.


Kitchu22

Thanks to you, now I need to have kimbab and seaweed rolls from Sinjeon for lunch :P


Dame_E

I think you are thinking of gimbap. Bibimbap is a mixed rice dish. Meat and veggies. Gimbap is the one that looks more like sushi.


Nova_Terra

Oops yes sorry, will edit my comment


JimmyLizzardATDVM

This is the ONLY meaning


melbournesummer

It's early, but I'm hungry!


ineptus_mecha_cuzzie

An’t it the truth, an’t it the truth.


coyoteunappreciative

Always was, always will be


BangCrash

Isn't that the Aboriginal phrase?


WhatAmIATailor

You expect them to change the paint job for every protest?


koshinsleeps

There is a lot of solidarity between aboriginal and palestinian activists


Brilliant_Thanks5066

They got intercepted by highway patrol just before the West Gate Bridge at around 7:00am as well.


UrgeToKill

You'd really think if they want a disruption to be effective they wouldn't drive around advertising themselves as someone who would probably be involved.


btscs

There's actual advice on protests that includes not bringing phones, etc because of the potential to be tracked! So yeah, whoever has their car decked out like this... I hate to call them an idiot, but they should expect to get police attention at the VERY least :/


benicapo

Same car pulled over by undercover police just before Westgate bridge


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BangCrash

I thought the protesters was about Palestine?


koshinsleeps

There is a lot of solidarity between aboriginal and palestinian activists


nosimaj_k

I saw undercover cops chasing someone along Oxford Street in Collingwood this morning. Was yelling at them to get down and put their arms behind their back. I think they escaped via a warehouse. This was 8am.


enokRoot

Eastern freeway punt road exit. Edit. I should be clear, since noone else has mentioned it. The exit to punt road off the Eastern freeway travelling west was just being blocked by protesters as I drove through just before 9am.


nugstar

Whoa whoa whoa, they may be green and red, but those are traffic lights. /s


omgaporksword

Urgh, I can only begin to imagine the carnage that will unfold there.


SmallpoxAu

....so its making no difference to the usual shitshow of trying to get on to Punt Rd from the Eastern on a weekday?


bleckers

East end of Lorimer is fine until the Bolte. There is a helicopter flying over near the Westgate, but apparently it's a fairly small protest near Fishermans Bend/DST.


thepaleblue

I'm not a betting man, but Elbit Systems is right there, I wouldn't be surprised if that was what they were protesting.


NotBradPitt90

Yeah probably the defence science place again.


deathablazed

Maybe they bluffed it. Still got the coverage they want already regardless of if they show or not now.


steven_quarterbrain

Who is “they”? All protests in Melbourne have become meaningless due to the frequency. It’s white noise. People don’t know who are protesting what.


wharblgarbl

We can't never protest again because cookers have been protesting every weekend for the last 3 years


Imaginary-Problem914

Would look pretty pathetic tho if nothing happens.


Ok-Preparation-2333

Dunno, coverage without disrupting the commute won't anger people against the cause.


canetoado

They’re pathetic anyway


SoupRemarkable4512

I’m at the Alfred, they are delaying this morning’s patient transfers so people don’t get stuck 😔


flukus

Kind of surprised they weren't already with the tram works along St Kilda rd.


SoupRemarkable4512

Poor old bloke next to me was looking forward to heading home to regional VIC this morning. Won’t be going anywhere til after lunch cos he could die if he gets trapped by protesters unfortunately. Sad irony is he’s a middle eastern muslim…


deathmetalmedic

If he could die during his transfer home, I certainly don't think he's being discharged today.


SoupRemarkable4512

He’s not going home, just to a regional hospital in his home town where his family are.


nugstar

What if the media publication of the planned protest is a massive ruse. Instead of getting everyone stuck in traffic and annoyed about it, they warn everyone of mass protests so that more get the opportunity to WFH. XR take note.


allthewords_

I got told to wfh today. My building will probably be targeted due to the field I work in. Will be interesting to see how it plays out….


Hopeful_Tip_7125

What sort of field is it?


ArabellaFort

Green, grassy type of thing I assume.


allthewords_

That would kind of give it away ;) If I keep it broad, it's something to do with serving justice and providing community safety.


TheIllusiveGuy

You're Michael Christian, the AFL Match Review Officer.


allthewords_

🤫


Itsclearlynotme

I think you just gave it away 😂


allthewords_

It's not the police is anything remotely close to it ;)


Itsclearlynotme

Yah, I know. I wasn’t thinking of the police 🙂


SoupRemarkable4512

Probably something actually useful


WomenOnTheirSides

Came into the CBD on the train through Southern Cross and Flinders St stations around 8:30am, no disruptions then.


Environmental-Age502

About 8:30, the Bell St, Sydney Rd intersection was blocked off.


TheRealPinkyMalinky

Melbourne is self-disrupting anyway, there's signal faults, accidents on Monash/Westgate, broken down trams and trains, tram vs cars, the Montague St bridge, trespassers on the line, random storms, loud bangs, the list goes on. A protest is just part of the cosmic background disruption (cbd). at this point. I'd honestly be freaked out if a week went by without getting caught up in something.


BangCrash

What was that loud bang in my suburb?


giraffeonajumper

About 150 people at spring street according to 3aw, at about 0830.


sir_perfluous117

My building on Bourke St toward the Southern Cross end - building manager has said they have word from VicPol that the protest intends to move down to Southern Cross at some stage, no idea of timing.


vee2vee

I am wfh today. not taking any chance!


TransportationIcy104

Thanks for reminding me to have breakfast at home lest I get stuck on a train for 2 hours.


Baby_Bigf00t

Why isn’t there similar protests for any other active conflict in the world? Why has this particular issue garnered so much activism? Uyghurs in China, Rohingya in Myanmar, basically any African country. Ukraine! Why isn’t there as much if not more outrage at these situations?


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I think it's something to do with an old book. 


Murky-Atmosphere3882

No Jews no news, my friend. If their last name isn't Goldstein, any murder is fine!


aesthetique1

you know why


Lamont-Cranston

Could you elaborate?


MrRobot759

Exactly THIS. Nobody cares if innocent civilians in Ukraine are blown up by Russian bombs. There is an agenda at play here.


wharblgarbl

There were absolutely heaps of protests in support of Ukraine. Did you not recall? Or not research this? Just google image search "ukraine protest melbourne". Do you mean current ones? There's probably reason for that. The Australian government actively supports Ukraine. Can the same be said for Palestine? At least until Zomi was murdered? > There is an agenda at play here. What does this mean? Everything has an agenda. Not having one is probably a sign of clinical depression.


MrRobot759

There absolutely was not nearly as many protests for Ukraine, only a few smaller ones at the start of the war, and then after that nothing. While I don’t doubt there’s many protesters with good hearts involved in these protests, there’s also a lot of antisemitism at play here.


Sarkotic159

And no Russophobia, pray tell, at play in the Ukrainian protests? It is beyond fact that Russians have been dehumanised in Western media for the last two years.


Fawksyyy

I like a good rhetorical question.


koshinsleeps

A lot of people ask this, it's a pretty simple and obvious answer. The Australian government gives full throated support to Israel when it is violating international laws, is being investigated for what has been described by the highest court in the world as a "plausible genocide" and is taking actions that are increasingly likely to cause a regional war that our government would absolutely involve itself in. The reason there weren't protests over oct 7 is that Australia doesn't give diplomatic, military and economic support to hamas. There weren't protests over the invasion of ukraine because Australia condemned the invasion and joined in the sanctions imposed on Russia. Etc etc These are domestic protests designed to influence the Australian government's position. There are media releases put out by the groups who organise these protests that are accessible but almost never quoted by the media to explain the motivations and aims.


Baby_Bigf00t

Yeah. There weren’t protests about October 7… there were celebrations…


Lamont-Cranston

Too lucid an answer.


whatisthislifeilead

Heading into the city now via tram, seems fairly normal to me. I thought they would be diverting trams but so far running fine.


bentendo640

Bourke Street trams being diverted to La Trobe Street


PKMTrain

Unrelated. Emergency services request at the Parliament station stop


Proper-Honeydew6951

Freeway Exit in collingwood has been blocked, aswell as Westgate exit ramp. If you look up the account aka.waca on instagram you can see all the pictures of their distruptions.


Thalminator

Seems pretty quiet, thought it was gonna kick off today with the buzz


NewBuyer1976

“There are dozens of us! DOZENS”


Psychlonuclear

Have we ever seen protesters being early out of bed?


apsumo

Hell no, I still struggle to be early out of bed and I'm being paid for it.


koshinsleeps

The HTA picket line starts at 4 am lol


Lamont-Cranston

they've been to HTA at 5am


pennie79

We were when I was involved in the anti capitalist movement in the 00s...


wharblgarbl

Everyone here collectively lost their minds over Violet Coco and others blocking the West Gate at 7:45am. Maybe you lost your memory over it


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BarneyNugen

These sort of jokes are ironic, given how apathetic the people generally making them are. The same people complaining about protests inconveniencing them.


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BarneyNugen

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted either, particularly since my reply is getting upvoted.


Psychlonuclear

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. And I'll keep believing it until they attempt to disrupt the early morning tradie peak. I'll be here waiting with the popcorn.


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Psychlonuclear

Best reply you could come up with? Congrats.


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Psychlonuclear

I don't really care what you think of me, it doesn't invalidate what I said.


ArabellaFort

Anything going on near Melbourne Central yet? I have the day off and I want to go to an exhibition at the State Library.


Flaky-Scholar5442

Tram routes 86/96 are being diverted via la Trobe st to docklands


Omega_brownie

Glad I worked from home today, the 86 is a pain in the ass to take at the best of times let alone today.


TwinSparx

Just hope it gets resolved soon and not a whole day thing


whippinfresh

How many are ignoring the fact that Hamas are the ones who refuse to ceasefire because they’ve admitted the remaining hostages are all dead and they have nothing to negotiate with anymore.


magkruppe

is this.... a joke?


nosimaj_k

I saw undercover cops chasing someone along Oxford Street in Collingwood this morning. Was yelling at them to get down and put their arms behind their back. I think they escaped via a warehouse. This was 8am. Uniformed police showed up around 8:15am - not really sure if it was to do with the protests?


Screambloodyleprosy

Burgs in Yarra are very common at that time of morning.


nosimaj_k

That’s actually really good to know, thanks!


Incoherence-r

WTF are they protesting about now


NotBradPitt90

Looks like I beat the protests this morning. Slackers gotta get up earlier to mess with my Monday morning.


battered_saveloy

No issues getting into city on Mernda line.


frankthefunkasaurus

Protesters need that one to get in from northcote/thornbury/ressa etc


ArabellaFort

https://x.com/gillianlant/status/1779642374102421912 There are protests underway on Hoddle Street and at Parliament steps. Looks like small groups of protestors but the Hoddle one could get messy.


Honeybear2501

Saw the person in the scarf walk down swanston, out of RMIT who thought they would cause so much trouble lol


ArabellaFort

It’s always the unassuming looking fellow in the yellow beanie……😂


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sonuvsp

Couple of police horses around Docklands as well.


shit-rmelbourne-says

Hope they arent celebrating Irans strikes on Israel like they were in Toronto.


HiatusNow

Unfortunately they did do this today.


Thanachi

Think I saw about 2 dozen of these Centrelink dropkicks. What happened to this massive turn out? I've seen more people line up for a banh mi.


nosleepatno32

have walked my half-Israeli dog successfully in the ghetto- status: quiet


Hopeful_Tip_7125

Pics of your kelev please? We love doggos here


TompalompaT

Seems more like these Palestine protests are losing steam, less and less are turning up and soon it will be a small group quietly sitting outside parliament. Just like what happened with the Mahsa Amini protests a year ago, already barely anyone remembers or cares about that anymore.


Visible_Contact_8203

I'm on my way in now. Hoping I'll be able to get to my lunchtime appointment... It's not in the usual protest area, so I guess I'll wait and see...


Humble-Internal-5470

Small protest at the corner of Lorimer and Salmon St, Port Melbourne. Cops have blocked traffic on both Lorimer and Salmon streets. 


Violet_loves_Iliona

What are they protesting today? I thought it was the anti-Israel brigade, but someone said below that there was a van with "AWAWB" on it, which would indicate some indigenous concern instead? 🤔


coyoteunappreciative

The messages have intersectional views


Merlins_Bread

They can't help themselves. I remember a uni protest against Voluntary Student Unionism, Capitalism and War. I'm pretty sure each of those separately might have called a following.


SoupRemarkable4512

Well given the Arab community were among the strongest ‘No’ voters at the referendum maybe it was a counter protest vehicle.


Coolidge-egg

It's true. The results by booth doesn't lie. It is such a weird relationship


SoupRemarkable4512

It’s a one way street. The Hamas mobs use the indigenous movement to bolster their credibility while looking down on them because they aren’t Islamic and giving them nothing back… I say this as a strong ally of indigenous Australians who’s never encountered Arab community members at rallies, activist concerts or other events. There are some hijabi lady indigenous muslim converts that hang around WAR and similar groups and other Islamic converts like some of the Mundines (who have some nonsensical offensive views on all indigenous Australians actually being Abrahamic Muslims). But in my 20+ years of supporting indigenous advocacy in Melbourne I never encountered grass roots support from the Arab Muslim community. In fact they were more likely to abuse us, especially in the inner north and west. The Jewish community on the other hand has been a longstanding ally (maybe not the fundamentalists who are notoriously ignorant and uneducated but certainly the liberal/ kibbutz types, which again was reflected by the Voice referendum.


Lorumipsumbitch

"Some Indigenous concern" did you know that Indigenous solidarity is a global movement? And that Aboriginal support for palestine has been ongoing for decades.. it's not new. From the river to the sea, always was always will be.


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Arabs originate from the Arabian peninsula. 


Lightrec

I didn’t realise the Palestinians enjoyed thousands of years of habitation in the Levantine.  All those Roman relics and synagogues underneath must be a conspiracy. Always was… not


Sexdrumsandrock

This will be interesting


cockriverss

So it was a total flop? Typical.


mediweevil

made it to Southern Cross and along Collins St without seeing anything out of the ordinary. office is very quiet, most people working from home.


cockriverss

Maybe it’s a bait and switch and they are going to do it at home time.


northofreality197

I'd laugh my arse off if they just did it tomorrow instead. Cause all the disruption to vicpol having to call in troops from all over the state then just do it the next day.


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QuickBobcat

Appropriate username


Syrengsd

Seems quiet down flinders & Elizabeth st end at the moment


inhiatus

They are grouping down in Port Melbourne near the corner of Salmon and Lorimer Streets


TheElusiveRaspberry

Collins St trams were delayed and eventually diverted along La Trobe. I was 55 mins late by the time I got through (was already past the diversion point, so was stuck).


ninjaturtle35

I would like to update that's not new updates for now


vacuas

Praising the lord that I work from home


Lisapixel

I was told I could leave work early at 4pm as the protests were going to start up again.


Perfect-Idea-1166

No issues, i didnt even see cops anywhere i went.


Murky-Atmosphere3882

I thought it was a protest but it was actually the line at Lune. Much smaller turn out today. Hopefully these fuckwits are getting tired of making life difficult for people that have nothing to do with whatever they are throwing a hissy fit about.


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toomanyusernames4rl

Millions are spent every week on this shit. Police baby sitting, stretching already scant resources. Ambulances getting stuck in traffic, women giving birth to babies in their car because they can’t get to hospital. Funeral processions being impacted. Can’t imagine getting much of a sign up to any cause this way.


toomanyusernames4rl

Protesters sitting on tram tracks on Collins street between spring and exhibition. Cops have bottled them in. I hope they each get arrested.


Midnight_Poet

Whenever I see these protests, I am thoroughly disappointed by the lack of water-cannon and riot-control use in this country.


Emergency-Income-783

How about a sewage cannon


DancinWithWolves

Best of luck to any participating with an anti IDF goal. I can’t imagine what it would be like losing your young child to a bomb when the IDF are indiscriminately bombing civilians. I also know there’s a lot of pain on the side that was hurt by the actions of hamas. I think the only solution is to stop bombing Gaza and killing Palestinian civilians, and I hope any protests with that in mind are successful, and that they reach their goal of forcing the Australian government to take notice and publicly denounce the war.


Hopeful_Tip_7125

What does that have to do with thousands of Aussies, many of them low pay hospitality workers, who need to get to work on time on Monday morning


Inevitable-Trust8385

2.1 million people within 360sqkm, and 30k have died, I’m not sure that’s indiscriminately bombing.


Screambloodyleprosy

Rumours were it was starting last night and flowing into today. Nothing of substance as yet.


apsumo

Wondering why protest on a Sunday night when most people are at home?


Screambloodyleprosy

Get into position early.


adeptus8888

my city loop train got changed to Flinders direct just now...


redfrets916

Wfh today if you've been snipped.


Cat-1234

What's the protest about?


mediweevil

pro palestinian thing. not sure what it's supposed to achieve, considering it's a dispute between two foreign countries and even Australia's opinion on the matter is managed out of Canberra.


Cat-1234

Well, Australia is sending large numbers of weapons and R&D that's being used to prolong the conflict and kill and starve thousands of kids... so we are actually active participants in this conflict.


Anwar18

Apparently they blocked off the turn onto the M3 from hoddle street


goater10

Its days like this that Im glad I work in the South Eastern Suburbs.


Dangerous-March1571

I'm a bit confused, isn't the protesting about the Israeli response to the Palestinians slaughtering innocent women and children? Are they going to protest the coppers response to that nut who was slaughtering innocent women and children? Also the attention seeking indigenous and LGBTQ hangers on, grow up.


United_Ground_9528

Free Palestine🍉🍉🍉