Police tracking down lockdown protesters
Thousands of people who attended anti-lockdown protests in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend are in the sights of police.
Some 57 people have been charged and 90 fines issued after more than 3000 protesters marched through Sydney's CBD on Saturday, demanding an end to the city's lockdown.
A 33-year-old Surry Hills man and a 36-year-old man from Edensor Park faced court on Sunday after they allegedly struck a police horse during the protest.
The Edensor Park man was also charged with assaulting a police officer.
NSW Police said they have received 5000 tip-offs and identified more than 200 people who attended after a special task force was set up in the aftermath of the protest.
Members of the public are being asked to upload any videos or photos of the protest to CrimeStoppers to track down more participants.
In Victoria, 73 people have been fined and six people arrested for attending the protest.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said police were in the process of reviewing hundreds of hours of footage from social media, CCTV and body-worn cameras with more fines to follow.
"Your faces are on the front page of our major newspapers. Your faces are on social media. Your faces are being published, wide and far," Mr Cornelius said.
"I would say that every Victorian who's outraged by this, if you know who those people are, call CrimeStoppers and let us know who they are and we will take action."
Their investigation will include the alleged assault of a mounted officer hurt by a flying bollard.
Premier Daniel Andrews described protesters as "selfish" but was reasonably confident it would not become a super-spreader event, given the state's 11 new cases on Sunday had all been linked and were in isolation.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was disgusted and heartbroken by those who had shown "utter contempt for their fellow citizens".
"We know that events like that can cause those super-spreading events," she said on Sunday, as the state recorded 141 new COVID-19 cases and saw two deaths.
"Please know that all of the sacrifices we've made over the last three or four weeks in particular have resulted in us being able to stabilise the growth in cases.
"We don't want a setback, and yesterday could have been a setback."
