An impromptu rave started at a kebab shop in Queensland over the weekend and it hasn't ended well for the owners.
A TikTok video was posted over the weekend, showing loads of people gathering inside the Brunswick Street Mall kebab shop in Fortitude Valley, not social distancing and many not wearing masks.
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To make matters worse, they all seemed to have taken the club to the restaurant and started busting out 'Pump It Up' by Endor. While it looks like fun and games during a normal time, it certainly hasn't played well with authorities during a pandemic.
The shop owners have been fined AU $6,772 (£3,700) for not adhering to social distancing restrictions.
Queensland Police said in a statement: "Business operators and patrons are reminded to adhere to public health directions including social distancing measures at all times to reduce the risk of Covid-19 spreading in Queensland."
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The current rules require businesses to ensure that only a certain number of patrons are allowed in at one given time.
Authorities said only the kebab shop has been fined because it would take too much time to identify and find every person seen in the TikTok video.
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski told Sunrise it's disappointing to see people forget we're still in the middle of a pandemic.
He said: "Unfortunately I don't think there was too much thinking going on at all. The message has been very clear around what we expect of both our business operators and the community when it comes to social distancing."
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But he also said to reporters on Monday that this type of situation is a two-way street.
Deputy Commissioner Gollschewski has urged people to keep practicing social distancing and be wary of the way they conduct themselves when they're out in public.
He said: "So the message to all of those persons, and a lot of them are young people, I hate to say - so, sorry young people - is to have a think before you go out about the impacts of your not abiding by the social distancing in the community and what that means.
"It's certainly putting our police under pressure. Because the licensed premises are by and large doing the right thing, it's the people that are attending the store aren't quite getting the message that we would like to see."
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You've been warned.
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