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Ben Schneiders and Paul Sakkal – The Age Australia Sept 20, 2021

Victoria’s building industry will be shut for two weeks after a day of unprecedented protests at the construction union’s head office, where windows were smashed, projectiles thrown at senior officials and riot police used rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

Some critical infrastructure works, such as hospitals and some ongoing level crossing removal projects, will continue during the shutdown that starts from midnight.

The Andrews government formally announced the two-week shutdown late on Monday night, less than three hours before the closure was to begin at 11.59pm.

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