Tina Arena has taken aim at Melbourne's lockdown in an impassioned speech broadcast on Instagram.
The singer went live for 70 minutes with comedy troupe Sooshi Mango on Friday and blasted Victoria's record-breaking lockdowns that have crippled the arts industry.
Tina, 53, raged about the 'out-of-this-world' costs associated with rescheduling tours, then argued the continued restrictions are becoming 'very, very wrong'.
Not happy: Tina Arena took aim at Melbourne's ongoing lockdowns in an impassioned speech on Instagram on Friday, as she went live alongside Australian comedy troupe Sooshi Mango
'If any of the states think they have the jurisdiction to continue to lock people up in 2022, there's something very, very wrong in this country. It's something that's completely unrealistic,' she said.
'To all the concert promoters in this country - I take my hat off to each and every one of you for dealing with this.
'And to all of the entertainers in this country, for having been so incredibly courageous and working through all this... everybody is going to come out of this much better.'
Tina went on to say that she hopes those working in the arts 'don't forget' what this year has been like, before appearing to urge her followers to vote out Victoria's Premier Dan Andrews at the next election.
'To all of the entertainers in this country, for having been so incredibly courageous and working through all this - everybody is going to come out of this much better,' Tina said
'When it comes time to vote for those that we choose to work for us, perhaps next time around we pay a little bit more attention as to who we wish to be at the steering wheel,' she said.
'Because quite honestly, it has been the greatest disappointment when a city as beautiful as ours, which was deemed the most liveable in the world…
'When you look at it now, it's not at all the most liveable city in the world. I really hope that when it comes to
