Despite a newly brokered ceasefire, crowds are still marching through the streets of Sydney and Melbourne, chanting and waving signs — even though the actual conflict has cooled. “Honestly, the ceasefire just ruins all my best material,” the senator is said to have muttered.
Sources say that even Victoria’s local machete gangs — usually not ones to hand out life advice — have issued a public plea: “Tone it down a bit, please. Violence against democratic systems isn’t necessary.”
Observers note the surreal scene: protesters wandering with vague slogans, a politician furious that peace might undercut her outrage, and machete gangs playing the role of reluctant moral compass. “It’s like a marching circus,” one resident said.