Australian PM calls for Black Lives Matter protesters to be charged

"I think people wanting to take this further this weekend are showing a great disrespect to their fellow Australians," he said, as Victoria state reported one demonstrator in Melbourne had tested positive for coronavirus.

The protesters are making the choice to endanger their own lives, the lives of their fellow protesters, and the lives of their fellow Australians. That makes these protesters incredibly selfish, and stupid.

Yes they shouldn't discriminate, that would be against the spirit of the protest.

So they really should charge those who violated the lockdown measures, the protesters should welcome it themselves.

The Australian P.M. and trump are very close. You can smell trumps involvement in this.

Getting the Aussie PM to do what trump wants so that trump can later on use Australia as an example.

This is a usual trump tactic.

Morrison’s days are numbered! He will definitely be removed ( by his own party member ) in the weeks ahead! He has been one of the worst PM’s in recent times!

Morrison’s days are numbered! He will definitely be removed ( by his own party member ) in the weeks ahead! He has been one of the worst PM’s in recent times!

What most of you are missing here is that you have not experienced racism for some, or most of your lives which is why you are feeling really defensive right now and trying to deflect the issue into an alternate scenario where its "happened".

History and facts don't lie. Have a nice day.

May the protesters should have to go on a registry and tell their neighbours what they've done. Must protect the neighbourhood. We already do this for other crimes. Oh, and the registry should be for a lifetime.

kurisupisu: Aborigines have a longer life span in prison than outside!

Is there any data on this assertion? If so, that's pretty sad.

People who say that whites do not experience racism have no idea what you are talking about.

As a white man, have you ever been to a pub in Brixton? The one near the Brixton Police station that was set on fire during the Brixton riots.

I usually disagree with Tangerine but in this case his question made sense based on your comments.

Are you saying white people cannot experience racism?

What an ignoramus! Does he not know that the Coronavirus is the most intelligent virus we have seen and completely able to become completely harmless in case of rioting for BLM?

Yeah so its alright for them to protest while the rest of the Country is in lockdown?

Says who?

Nothing racist about the truth..get a grip there..

Let facts not get in the way of a racist agenda!!!

Yeah, they didn't waste time with slavery in 1788 (and for many decades after), just basically slaughtered the Aboriginal population.

Aborigines commit more crime than the immigrant population ie whites

A community which has been deprived of their rights over centuries forced into the lowest strata in society and still suffers from discrimination generally will have higher crime rates.

Also hate to break it to you, whites are no longer the only immigrants to Australia.

The liberal whites in Oz are very mixed up...

They have brains unlike the racists.

Aboriginal Australians continue to be vastly over-represented in the prison population, and there have been more than 400 indigenous deaths in custody in the last few decades alone.

Aborigines commit more crime than the immigrant population ie whites

And the causes of death in prison?

Natural causes,sickness,prison fights etc

The deaths are not due to prison abuse.

Aborigines have a longer life span in prison than outside!

The liberal whites in Oz are very mixed up...

what economy? The Chinese one?

Agreed. Just trouble makers, like the climate change rabble that caused trouble last year. Start arresting and charging them

In Australia's case, I think if people are having to abide by certain restrictions because of the coronavirus, everybody should have to follow the law. No exceptions.

Many people who would have been sympathetic to the demostrations have been put off by the blatant disregard for social distancing.

I think its time we stop valuing Trump, Abe, and this Australian bloke.