Subhead:Victoria Police concede left-wing activists were responsible for Sunday’s violent CBD clashes despite misleading media reports.#
For once, police and government officials are being forced to admit what was obvious to most witnesses: left-wing activists were behind the worst of the violence that erupted in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday.
Excuse me? The Victorian Police Commissioner now has a problem with “issue motivated groups on the Left” because they were violent towards police? Now he decides Melbourne has “had a gutful”? What’s changed?
Where has he been for the last two years when Jews were on the… pic.twitter.com/qRC56uiLJM
— Daniel (@VoteLewko) October 19, 2025
Victoria Police North West Metro Commander Wayne Cheesman condemned the “appalling” behaviour of “issue-based groups on the left” after officers were pelted with rocks, bottles and other objects during clashes between rival demonstrators.
Outrage flooded social media earlier in the day after mainstream media outlets initially framed their headlines leading readers to believe that “anti-immigration” March for Australia rallygoers were behind the violence.
