CCTV to identify violent protesters after police injured and pelted with rocks at Melbourne rally

<p>Victoria police say city has had ‘gutful’ of protesters looking to fight officers trying to keep them separated from rivals</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/20/australia-news-live-space-debris-wa-albanese-trump-meeting-labor-supermarkets-price-gouging-barnaby-joyce-nationals-coalition-sussan-ley-net-zero-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Police will use an abundance of CCTV and body-worn camera footage to identify those responsible for violent protests that put two officers in hospital.</p><p>One woman is expected to be charged over the ugly clashes as police tried to separate the anti-immigration rally from a counter anti-racism protest in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/20/melbourne-protests-anti-immigration-rallies-counter-protest-police-injured">Continue reading...</a>