The premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Dan Andrews, whose capital city Melbourne drew international attention in September for its harsh police response to protests against COVID-19 restrictions, has been fined $400 by police for not wearing a face mask.
Victoria Police on Friday afternoon confirmed that Andrews had been fined $200 each time for breaching the state’s mask mandate on both Wednesday and Thursday this week. Both times he was caught without a mask as he approached his daily press conference.
