Around ten protesters have been injured during scuffles with police at a demonstration in Melbourne’s Docklands, 7 News reports.
Protesters stormed towards the event and have been prevented from going further. @ howard/turnbull protest. pic.twitter.com/jSLtpQlqjW
— Kenji Wardenclyffe (@kwardenclyffe) April 8, 2016
Some of what I got today. Beaten by police. pic.twitter.com/I7TGjAdGRU
— Kenji Wardenclyffe (@kwardenclyffe) April 8, 2016
Violent scenes at a protest at docklands over govt policies on higher education #abcnews pic.twitter.com/fMCKDrH9MA
— Simon Galletta (@SimonGalletta) April 8, 2016
Images captured at the scene also show police using capsicum spray to disperse the crowd.
Pics from the higher education protest in Docklands from @abcnewsMelb camera #auspol pic.twitter.com/dhQayowgck
— Stephanie Anderson (@skateanderson) April 8, 2016
Students gathered to protest the government’s recent report on higher education fees, ahead of a Liberal Party fundraiser which is slated to have Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and former PM John Howard in attendance.
Melbourne, Australia, 08.04.16: Protests outside a venue at the Docklands where Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull and other…
Posted by Insurrection News on Friday, 8 April 2016
The report proposes cutting subsidies for undergraduate degrees and deregulating the fees universities can charge, which opponents claim will drive the price of tertiary education to extreme levels.
They’ve been joined by members of the Refugee Action Collective, who have been protesting the government’s continual detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.
It’s been reported that the number of mounted, plain-clothes and other police units on the scene has increased to contain any more outbursts. We’ll update this story as it develops.
Police continue to mind the entry points to the Liberal Party function while the protest continues pic.twitter.com/d83mE2b5mq
— Tiffany Korssen (@TiffanyKorssen) April 8, 2016
Source: 7 News / Twitter / The Age.
Photo: 7 News / Twitter.
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