Covid Australia Melbourne Seven News reporter SPAT on and doused with urine at anti-vax tradie rally

Veteran TV newsman Paul Dowsley says he has been spat on, attacked and sprayed with urine in ugly scenes at the tradies' protest rally in Melbourne on Tuesday. Hundreds of protesters have started to gather outside the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union's head office on Tuesday Hundreds of demonstrators chanted 'f**k the jab' and sung Advance Australia Fair as they made their way up Victoria Street in the city's CBD towards state parliament. Riot police are seen outside the Victoria's Parliament House during Tuesday's protest, which came a day after violent demonstrators damaged the CFMEU head office in Melbourne's CBD Police are pictured gathered in a line at the protest at CFMEU headquarters in Melbourne on Tuesday A protestor wearing a metal hat and a skeleton-style face mask is pictured at Tuesday's demonstration Hundreds of protestors - many wearing hi-vis - marched towards state parliament to rally against mandatory vaccine orders Protesters also called for a royal commission into the government's response to the pandemic and for officers they claim 'assaulted peaceful protesters' to be charged. Protesters have called for a royal commission into the government's response to the pandemic Hundreds of workers in hi-vis vests gathered outside the union's head office in Melbourne on Monday to protest against mandatory Covid-19 vaccine requirements, which come into effect for the construction industry later this week. Protesters marched to state parliament on Tuesday, where they were met with a wall of police officers with riot shields Construction workers took to the streets of Melbourne again on Tuesday to rally against vaccine orders and the city's ongoing lockdown Police are pictured heading towards the CFMEU headquarters in Melbourne on Tuesday to monitor the anti-vaxxer protesters Ex-unionist and federal MP Bill Shorten also slammed the 'fake tradies' and 'man-baby Nazis' earlier in the program.