Ahahaha it seems the feds really fucked this one up. The Victorian police minister just released this statement, per the Guardian live blog: Chaos in Melbourne as Australian Border Force cancels visa crackdown after protests – live | Australia news | The Guardian
The state government was notified this month that Victoria police would lead a joint-agency operation this weekend in the CBD aimed at keeping Victorians safe.
We were advised it would target antisocial behaviour and commuters to ensure people got home safely. The community’s safety and wellbeing is always the government’s priority.
Operation Fortitude was intended to be a standard police operation.
We fully support the decision by Victoria police to cancel the operation after the unfortunate and inappropriate characterisation by the Australian Border Force today.