Thousands of Australians across two protests have rallied against the vaccine mandates and the extended emergency COVID-19 powers in Brisbane with several parliamentarians joining the protests. Demonstrators gathered outside the state Parliament House on Tuesday, chanting “block the bill,” “my body, my choice” and “end the segregation.” They demanded the government to drop the controversial bill to extend COVID-19 emergency measures from April 30 to Oct. 31 since September 2021. Outgoing federal Coalition backbencher George Christensen joined the crowd on Wednesday, while One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson and KAP leader Robbie Katter, a state MP, are also taking to the street this week. Christensen told Courier Mail on March. 15 that the mandates are “nonsensical now” and that the protest are joined by many people who “have been vaccinated, but are opposed to the mandates because someone they know is out of a job.” Queensland authorities has announced it would …