Australian police have fired on protestors dressed in hi-viz gear and work boots on the second day of demonstrations around the city of Melbourne to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for construction workers. As they marched, the protesters chanted slogans such as, “every day,” “freedom,” “[expletive] the jab,” and “[expletive] Dan Andrews,” referring to the state’s leader, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. The crowd first gathered in the morning at the intersection of Elizabeth and Victoria streets in Melbourne’s CBD but were blocked from accessing the CFMEU headquarters by a line of Victoria Police officers, who were lambasted by the protestors. A line of police then followed the crowd from a distance as they moved through the city towards the state Parliament, where more police met them in riot gear, along with mounted police at approximately midday. It is estimated that the crowd swelled to thousands in the time between when it first …