From Australia’s Daily Telegraph earlier this week:
Police have surrounded Station Pier in Port Melbourne as a community protest about safety concerns for dock workers continues.
At least half a dozen Public Order Response units lined up at the dock, where about 20 protesters were gathered at 6am.
Police moved in to secure the site on Monday after weeks of protests against shipping logistics company Qube.
Protesters told the Herald Sun the company’s occupational health and safety officer was sacked for raising safety issues, and four other workers were subsequently sacked for refusing to take over the role because they did not have appropriate training.
Protesters said they wanted to make their “presence felt” by trying to disrupt freight coming off the Spirit of Tasmania.
Several protesters stood in front of freight trucks as they left the port after the Spirit docked, but they were quickly escorted out of the way by police.
Other protesters went around a police cordon to stand in front of more trucks but armed police forced them back.