Sky News host Andrew Bolt has delivered a scathing assessment of Victoria’s handling of crime and public unrest, accusing the Andrews and Allan governments of allowing the state to “bust” socially and financially after years of failed leadership.

Following the violent clashes between anti-immigration marchers and counter-protesters in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, which saw police officers hospitalised and demonstrators pepper-sprayed, Bolt argued the city’s unrest was part of a much deeper decline.

“Melbourne is the epicentre of the left in Australia,” he said.

“You were talking about the history of violent protest, but this has gone on since the year 2000 when we had three days of blockades and violence outside the Crown Casino for the World Economic Forum - where we had the Western Aust

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