Protesters have swarmed Melbourne shopping centres rallying against Victoria's lockdown and vaccination rules.
Rallies were held at Campbellfield Plaza carpark and The Glen Shopping Centre carpark on Saturday protesting against mandatory vaccines and lockdown.
Police quickly swopped in and made serval arrests.
Protesters swarmed Melbourne shopping centres (pictured) before police clamped down on the demonstrations
Anti-vax protesters held signs at the shopping centre car parks (pictured)
Protesters swarmed the Campbellfield Plaza carpark and The Glen Shopping Centre carpark (pictured)
Police attended the protests (pictured), making several arrests
Police were seen checking IDs at the protests (pictured)
A police presence was soon seen at the protests (pictured)
Several arrests were made by police (pictured: police checking IDs of protestors)
Many protesters held up signs to passing traffic (pictured)
Small groups of protesters wore matching white t-shirts reading 'reclaim the line' (pictured)
Arrests were made near the Glen Shopping Centre (pictured)
Protestors were rallying against lockdown and mandatory vaccines (pictured)
Police spoke to protestors at the planned anti-vaccination rally at Campbellfield Plaza (pictured)
A nurse was present at the rallies, stating the group were 'pro-choice' not anti-vax
Other protesters wore white shirts reading 'nurse coercion is not informed consent' (pictured)
Protesters were told to 'wear white to unite' (pictured)
Two other locations were announced on Saturday to attempt to avoid a police presence
The roadside demonstration began around midday and was organised through encrypted messages in Telegram
The locations of the rallies were shared on an encrypted Telegram group with close to 8000 subscribers able to view the message.
'If you need an excuse, you're shopping within your 15km,' the post read.
The rallies were called 'Rise Up!
Melbourne Rally.
Those attending the protest were told to park in or nearby the car parks to blend in.
Police attended the protests and were checking IDs at Campbellfield Plaza.
Some protestors wore matching shirts reading 'nurse coercion is not informed consent' and '#ReclaimTheLine.'
Many held up signs to passing traffic.
Protesters held up signs for w88th passing traffic with organisers dubbing them 'roadside rebels' (pictured)
There were 1,965 new cases of Covid recorded in Victoria on Saturday as the protests took place (pictured)
Rallies were held at Campbellfield Plaza carpark and The Glen Shopping Centre carpark (pictured)
A large police presence was seen at the protests (pictured), with officers checking IDs
Police made several arrests across the course of the day (pictured)
The demonstration began around midday, with police showing up soon after (pictured)
Arrests were made during the rallys (pictured)
Police were checking the IDs of protesters (pictured)
The roadside demonstration began around midday, with the 'roadside rebels' encouraged to 'wear white to unite' in the Telegram messages.
Two new locations were organised by protesters to attempt to escape police at Eastland Shopping Centre and Epping Plaza.
A nurse who attended the Campfield protest and wishes to remain anonymous told the Herald Sun the group are 'pro-choice' and that she is not an anti-vaxxer.
There was a large police presence at the protests (pictured), as previous Melbourne protests have turned violent and unruly
Protesters were told via an encrypted Telegram message to 'wear white to unite' (pictured)
Over 8000 people had subscribed to and were able to see the encrypted Telegram messages organizing the protests (pictured)
One protester claimed the group were not anti-vax, but 'pro-choice'
84.67 per cent of eligible Victorians have had their first dose of the vaccine (pictured: police make arrests at the rallies)
56.57 per cent of the eligible population are double vaxxed (pictured: protesters clash with police)
'I've been a nurse for more than 39 years,' the woman said.
'Both my kids are vaccinated, I'm not a anti-vaxxer.'
'The way (the government) is pushing the vaccine on people - it's coercion, and it's not right.'
This follows 1,965 new cases of Covid recorded in Victoria on Saturday, with 5 deaths reported.
84.67 per cent of Victorians have had their first dose of the vaccine while 56.57 per cent are double vaxxed.
Protesters created signs to wave at passing traffic, being dubbed 'roadside rebels' (pictured)
Police watched over the protesters (pictured), majority of whom did not turn violent
5 deaths were recorded in Victoria on Saturday as the protests went ahead (pictured)
Some protesters clashed with police officers (pictured)