<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Police have confirmed two officers have been hospitalised after clashing with anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters in Melbourne on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds involved in a 'March for Australia' anti mass-immigration rally were met with police and counter-protesters, with police forced to create a barricade between the two groups on Bourke St.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, police said projectiles were thrown.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/67-meme-usa-generation-alpha/06f4f524-6b9a-4eed-8e10-12dfcf734c40" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Why kids in the US - and across the world - are shouting the '6-7' meme in school</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The police officers were pelted with rocks, glass bottles and fruit whilst trying to protect protestors and the broader community in the vicinity," they said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They said one female sergeant was hospitalised with a suspected broken hand, whilst a male constable sustained a laceration to the lower leg; neither officer is in a life-threatening condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One person was arrested, and police say they are searching for more offenders.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-victoria-police-assaulted-protests-australia/1eb44402-0466-4438-8340-ee17b498562e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We make no apologies for officers having to use force to separate and safely disperse crowds during protests where police have been presented with an extremely volatile and violent environment," Victoria Police Commander of the North West Metro region Wayne Cheeseman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Police do not attend protests with the aim of using force, but it is always in response to the actions of protestors whether it be violence between different groups, or towards officers," Cheeseman claimed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/dodo-hack-cybersecurity-breach-australia/497487b3-f60c-4c93-bd11-2f1a6a65e10e" rel="" target="_blank" title="More than 1600 customers of Dodo and iPrimus impacted by cybersecurity breach"><strong><span>More than 1600 customers of Dodo and iPrimus impacted by cybersecurity breach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flash bangs used by the police against some protesters were heard, with witnesses claiming riot police worked to push back the pro-immigration protests and disperse the crowd.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The March for Australia protesters eventually walked away from the counter-protesters after 1pm and marched along Spring St.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Sydney, police estimated around 5000 people gathered in the CBD for an anti-immigration protest, but a counter-protest of a similar size was also mounted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There were no reports of injuries, clashes or arrests in Sydney, with other protests and counter-protests popping up all over the country on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands gathered for an anti-immigration protest in Brisbane, with politician Bob Katter seen amongst the crowd</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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