Considering that 50% of protesters are long term unemployed then taking them off the Government tit would be a good idea.
Why would you reward somebody to break the law, just like the clown jumping on top of the Police car roof during the demonstration in Brisbane.
Black Lives Matter protesters could be stripped of their welfare payments under new calls from the government
Liberal MP Andrew Laming wants weekend demonstrators stripped of welfare
NSW Supreme Court has banned Sydney refugee rally planned for Saturday
Came soon after Melbourne Black Lives Matter demonstrator caught COVID-19
A Liberal MP has called for Australians taking part in illegal demonstrations this weekend to be stripped of their welfare payments.
The New South Wales Supreme Court has banned an upcoming refugee rights rally planned in Sydney for Saturday.
A Melbourne man in his thirties was yesterday confirmed as testing positive to COVID-19 after joining thousands at a Black Lives Matter demonstration. Brisbane-based Liberal MP Andrew Laming said those who defied bans on mass demonstrations this weekend, during the coronavirus pandemic, deserved to lose their welfare payments.
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A Liberal MP has called for Australians taking part in illegal demonstrations this weekend to be stripped of their welfare payments
MP calls for protestors to be stripped of their welfare payments'I'm asking Australians to reflect on the fact we're paying COVID and health-related payments to get through a crisis but here we have rallies where people are blatantly ignoring clear and unambiguous advice,' the member for Bowman told Sky News.
'I'm challenging those protesters who are doing that to hand back those payments in advance. You can't simply collect from the taxpayer with one hand and risk infecting them with the other.'
Australia's chief medical officer Professor Brendan Murphy yesterday described large gatherings like rallies as 'extremely ill advised' - pointing to advice from the government's Health Protection Principal Committee which includes state chief health officers.
'Large gatherings, large mass gatherings such as a protest are extremely ill advised,' he told the ABC's 7.30 program.
'We think that they present a significant risk of transmission and a very significant risk because you can't, you don't know who you're contacting and so we feel that people should be discouraged from attending such events.
'We understand the passion that people have for wanting to protest, but we think it's a really bad idea at the moment.'
Chief Medical Officer speaks about attending protests amid COVID-19.
NSW Supreme Court justice Michael Walton on Thursday banned a planned rally by the Refugee Action Coalition, accepting police concerns about COVID-19 spreading at public gatherings.
Activists have vowed to defy the ban on the rally planned for Sydney Town Hall on Saturday afternoon.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for those defying future protest bans, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to be charged.
He has also pleaded with Black Lives Matter organisers to put off holding mass events in coming weeks.
Since the end of April, his government has temporarily doubled unemployment benefits, adding a $550 coronavirus supplement to the existing $565.780 JobSeeker allowance.
Workers affected by the coronavirus shutdowns are also receiving $1,500 a fortnight in wage subsidies as part of the $70billion JobKeeper program.
