Steve Price: Australia Correspondent on Melbourne CBD Protests

Published: May 19, 2024, 10:25 p.m.

Six people have been arrested after pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators\xa0clashed in Melbourne's CBD on Sunday afternoon.\xa0

After a week of Melbourne-wide protests \u2013 Police confirmed around 7,000 people were in attendance. \xa0

This follows a pro-Palestinian demonstration that stormed a Labor Party conference on Saturday.\xa0

Australia Correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking \u201cThe Premier and Deputy Premier had to be locked in a conference room.\u201d\xa0

Price said \u201cThe Premier has stated \u2018this is a federal problem, not a state problem. Australia must speak with one voice on the world stage.\u201d\xa0

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