Muscular arrests and the wearing of the mask imposed by force.
In Melbourne, hundreds of anti-mask activists were confronted with police ready to prevent their rally from continuing.
Coming to demonstrate against the restrictions imposed by the state of Victoria to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, 17 people were arrested and 160 others were fined.
Faced with the pandemic, Australia has chosen to ban demonstrations.
"The virus is real but I think the measures taken are very exaggerated," said Harrison, an Australian citizen who came to assert his right "to freedom of expression".
Around him, anti-vaccine demonstrators express their disagreement with the obligation to wear the mask.
“It's a scam!
The idea, in the end, is to inject a violent injection into your arm, ”adds John Casley, protected behind his Plexiglas visor.
Australian police on Thursday 3 September justified the arrest of a pregnant woman who had launched on Facebook a call to demonstrate against the restriction measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, thus attempting to end the outcry over the images of this interpellation.
The video, broadcast live, shows police handcuffing the mother in front of her two children.
This sequence, viewed millions of times on the Internet, sparked controversy and opened the debate on respect for individual freedoms.