‘What's peaceful about that?': Melbourne protester slammed for burning Australian flag
'Melbourne … saw masked men setting fire to the Australian flag, not once, but twice,' Mr Price said.
'As for burning our flag, I know that that's not illegal. It should be, and I don't understand why it's not. And writing on the road about Australia is a blunt if not stupidly dumb thing to say … but then again, none of these protesters are very smart.
'What's peaceful about masked thugs setting fire to the Australian flag?'
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