Many Aussies are furious at a plan launched by Australian truck drivers to block all of our major highways and to disrupt food supplies, as part of a nationwide protest against lockdown.
The truck drivers have released a series of videos online warning about the strike which will reportedly ‘block every highway entering every state’ next Tuesday, August 31, bringing logistics operations to a halt nationwide.
They say in one of the videos, they are ‘planning to shut down the country’ to ‘remove the s**t government’.
Outraged Aussies have blasted the plan as ‘selfish’ saying it could leave millions of families in COVID lockdowns around the country without essential goods.
The truck drivers say the they are protesting against COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates. They’ve received support from truck drivers from overseas who’ve offered hacks for how to ensure the trucks are impossible to move.
Talk of a protest from truck drivers flared within the industry after some legislation was passed mandating vaccinations for authorised workers who cross state borders – which includes truck drivers.
Those involved in the rally launched a GoFundMe page to support them financially but it has since been taken down.
Aussies slam the plan on social media
Many Aussies are upset by the truckies’ plan and they’ve taken to social media to register their concerns: ‘How long before the good people of Australia turn against truck drivers for starving their families? Stupid anarchy and terrorism – domestic terrorism,’ one tweeted.
‘How incredibly f**king selfish. Have the disadvantaged, elderly and our farmers not suffered enough over the past few years?’ another wrote.
‘Now a bunch of truck drivers want to strike and cause even more suffering to those who can’t stock up on everything they need. Causing panic buying and food shortages because some bloke is upset by the government? How is that going to help?’ a third added.
Truck drivers from around the world have offered support
Truck drivers from around the world have praised the plan with some sharing hacks for how to make sure the protest works.
In a video posted on Twitter, an America truckie gave details about how the best way to prevent trucks from being towed away would be to remove the ‘caging bolts.’
He wrote: ‘Hey to all my Australian truck drivers, this is just a quick tip. If you do want to leave your truck somewhere and you don’t want a wrecker driver to be able to remove it, make sure you go to your air chambers and take the caging bolts home with you.
‘Because there is no way the wrecker drivers that the government calls are going to have thousands of these, and with no supply line on the air chamber – no one is moving that f**king truck.’
Legislation comes in on August 30
New legislation comes in on Monday August 30 which states that authorised workers from COVID hotspots cannot leave their LGA for work unless they have received one dose of the vaccine or have a medical certificate.
Similar rules apply for freight workers entering Queensland, while other strict COVID restrictions, such as mandatory testing, govern entry requirements to other states.
Anti-lockdown protesters support the plan
As well as some overseas drivers, a number of anti-lockdown supporters jumped in to support the truckies’ plan.
Some wished them good luck, while others applauded their devotion to ‘freedom’ and rebellion against ‘tyranny’ and COVID vaccines.
But other Australian truck drivers who are against the protest, asked their colleagues to change the plan.
One truck driver begged them to consider whether it was ‘hypocritical or heroic’ to protest against lockdowns by pushing their own agenda. In his own video he said:
‘I believe everybody has a choice and I understand your argument but denying your fellow Australians of their right to choose and to work and to eat defeats your whole argument…are you heroes or hypocrites?’
‘It’s on. The truckies are doing it. The truckies are going to shut down the country,’ he added. ‘What that means is you need to go shopping now, get what you can for the next week or two, load your fridge, freezers.’
NSW Police have said they are aware of the planned protest and ‘will continue to ensure compliance with the public health orders’.
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