Mining magnate Clive Palmer created controversy last week when he claimed on ABC Radio that 500,000 people had attended the COVID "freedom" protest in Melbourne on Saturday November 20. Maverick MP Craig Kelly opted for the marginally more modest "tens of thousands of people as far as the eye could see". The official police estimate was 20,000.
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Phys.org - 1 Dec 2021 14:59
Mining magnate Clive Palmer created controversy last week when he claimed on ABC Radio that 500,000 people had attended the COVID "freedom" protest in Melbourne on Saturday November 20. Maverick MP Craig Kelly opted for the marginally more modest "tens of thousands of people as far as the eye could see". The official police estimate was 20,000.
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