Australian truck drivers plan to block the highways in protest of COVID-19 vaccines and how the governments have handled their COVID-19 responses. According to social media posts, the protests are planned for Aug. 31 across the country, separate to the upcoming Transport Worker Union (TWU) backed protest over a pay dispute. “Block every hwy [highway] entering into every state all at the same time & take back Australia,” one post on Facebook said while warning people to stock up on enough food for a couple of weeks while truckies aim to block supply routes across the country. In videos on Twitter, truck drivers also expressed their frustration with vaccines and the government orders around them. One man said he would join the protest and was “willing to go to jail to save my country” by shutting the country down. Another truckie expressed his anger at the Queensland government for requiring truck drivers crossing …