{"id":43080,"date":"2020-07-27T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=43080"},"modified":"2020-07-27T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:05:02","slug":"kochie-comments-on-the-black-lives-matter-protest-planned-for-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/david-and-will-2\/kochie-comments-on-the-black-lives-matter-protest-planned-for-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Kochie Comments On the Black Lives Matter Protest Planned For This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Koch says organisers of a Black Lives Matter rally scheduled for this Tuesday in Sydney need to delay the protest \u201cuntil we get through the worst of this pandemic\u201d.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the weekend NSW Police won a bid in the Supreme Court to stop the rally from going ahead, but the host of Channel 7\u2019s Sunrise show told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Monday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe had one of the organisers on the show this morning saying they\u2019re still going to go ahead, that they think they can socially distance and they\u2019re saying everyone wear a mask,\u201d Kochie said.<\/p><p>\u201cWe understand the message and your passion about the issue but hey, we\u2019re in the middle of a pandemic. We haven\u2019t had Anzac Day marches, we haven\u2019t had Easter shows, we\u2019ve had restrictions on people going to funerals and visiting their relatives\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cYour issue\u2019s not going to go away, just delay it until we get through the worst of this pandemic so we know the community can be protected.<\/p><p>\u201cThey\u2019re still determined to do it and I think the police and the authorities are going to be determined that it\u2019s not going to go ahead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kochie also spoke out against <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/another-shopper-has-shared-video-of-herself-refusing-to-wear-a-face-mask-inside-a-bunnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people defying requirements to wear face masks in Victoria in recent days<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt does beggar belief doesn\u2019t it,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a warning to the rest of Australia not to be complacent and also in our own networks that we\u2019ve just all got to support each other with decisions that are made by chief medical officers. They know better than we do\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cHow people would even consider they know more than the experts is just extraordinary at a time when this virus is so insidious and so contagious\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to be supporting each other and in it together and not tearing people apart and getting stuck in to Bunnings or post office staff or even the police with these cockamamie conspiracy theories.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/david-will\/david-willpodcast-27july2020\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Koch says organisers of a Black Lives Matter rally scheduled for this Tuesday in Sydney need to delay the protest \u201cuntil we get through the worst of this pandemic\u201d. 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