A deadline for anti-vaccination protesters to pack up and leave Canberra is looming, with ACT Police giving the group until Sunday to move on.
Up to 10,000 protesters descended on Parliament House on Saturday as part of the ‘Convoy to Canberra’ protests against vaccine mandates.
Many of the group have been staying at the Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) in the capital’s north after being evicted from their previous illegal campsite across from the National Library in the parliamentary triangle.
But the situation will come to a head today, with ACT Police saying anyone without a booking will have to move on so preparations for the Canberra show can begin.
There is no specific time for the demonstrators to leave but authorities insisted the campsite would need to be vacated on Sunday.
“ACT Policing is working with EPIC management today to notify campers that they will need to vacate the site by the end of the weekend,” a spokesman said in a statement.
“People who remain in EPIC after this time may be considered trespassing.”
But police have said the demonstrators have been well behaved overnight, with no arrests taking place at EPIC following Saturday’s march.
One man was arrested on Saturday after he breached a fence and ran onto the forecourt area, with police quickly tackling him to the ground.
Two other people were also arrested during the protest, police revealed.
