Thousands protest lockdown across Australia

A protester (centre) is arrested by police at a demonstration at Sydney Town Hall (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP/PA)

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in coronavirus cases.

The unmasked participants marched from Sydney’s Victoria Park to Town Hall in the central business district, carrying signs calling for “freedom” and “the truth”.